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That's a great reminder that the internet is full of cowardly bullies. They don't actually want to understand things, they just want to tear other people down
by wccrawford 5y ago
That's a great reminder that the internet is full of cowardly bullies. They don't actually want to understand things, they just want to tear other people down to make themselves feel better.
- helpfulclippy 5y agoFucking bullies. I'm gonna go find someone who looks like a bully and beat him up!
- zero_deg_kevin 5y agoYou could always disrupt bullying when you see it. A lot of people would be grateful and you're less likely to go to jail.
- rchaud 5y agoA positive outcome of this was that these people dialed down their rage when the person in the photo commented. Before that however, they were still perfectly willing to expend a lot of angry energy trying to eviscerate the person they had created in their minds.
- david422 5y agoI think it's also just a product of the hivemind and people not thinking. Not realizing that there is a real person in that picture. Causes normal people to be asses without thinking. As evidenced by the fact that the tone of the conversation changed when he responded.
- mr-wendel 5y agoHmm... I like how you center on "don't want to understand things". It's a LOT harder to hate something you understand, especially when it comes to people. I'd quibble on the final part though: they do it not to make themselves feel better (that is simply not possible), but to justify feeling bad about themselves and not wanting to admit it. It's quite narcissistic.