When being a writer is met with hate … it takes alot of energy to spew hate.
“After all, it’s not illegal to reach elbow-deep into someone’s memories and touch them and twist them and weaponise them …
He said that, at the time, he felt fat, unloved, “passionless” and purposeless. For some reason, he found it “easy” to take that out on women online.
I asked why. What made women easy targets? Why was it so satisfying to hurt us? Why didn’t he automatically see us as human beings?
For all his self-reflection, that’s the one thing he never managed to articulate – how anger at one woman translated into hatred of women in general. Why, when men hate themselves, it’s women who take the beatings.”
http://www.theguardian.com/society/2015/feb/02/what-happened-confronted-cruellest-troll-lindy-west
The Writer and The Story 
Thank you so much for posting this. Lindy’s bravery is truly amazing. Her words should be read everywhere. I’ve reposted this on my Linked In account.
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A lesson in love. A lesson in kindness. We could use more love and compassion in the world.
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