If you’ve spent any time on social media, you may have had the misfortune of coming up against a cowardly troll who hides behind a Twitter handle or Facebook page to criticize or attack you for any number of grievances, real or perceived.
This practice was once reserved for basement-dwelling social misfits who seemingly had nothing better to do with their time than tell people they don’t know what they think of their hair or their weight or even their parenting skills. But it’s leaped into the mainstream, thanks in no small part to a President who has made tweet-shaming a national pastime, and a pitiful one at that.
The worst manifestation of online bullying, save for actual death threats, are the messages imploring other people to hurt or kill themselves.
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