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Yes, absolutely. We should not equate name calling with "online abuse". And yet every time I read a blog or article about "the scourge of online abuse!" they
by jshevek 10y ago
Yes, absolutely. We should not equate name calling with "online abuse".
And yet every time I read a blog or article about "the scourge of online abuse!" they inevitably inflate their claims by including 'name calling' as abuse.
- antihero 10y agoRe-read, dude. I said we shouldn't equate online abuse with name calling, that doesn't mean we shouldn't consider name calling online abuse, just that the definition of online abuse is not limited to name calling, which is what the headline is doing.
- jshevek 10y agoEdit: My point is that this kind of dishonesty is now the norm when discussing online abuse.