If anything, it counteracts the notion that social media has "caused" this type of viciousness. Social media may be able to amplify it in a new way, presenting

If anything, it counteracts the notion that social media has "caused" this type of viciousness. Social media may be able to amplify it in a new way, presenting new challenges, but that viciousness has been a thread in humanity since almost the beginning of recorded history, and likely much further back.