Actually, I think that's true for all minorities--I know the comment section in the online edition of one of my local newspapers can turn pretty ugly if an article is written about a black guy getting arrested. That's less likely to happen if the suspect is white.
From, Emily
On Wed, Jul 9, 2014 at 7:31 PM, Valerie Aurora valerie@adainitiative.org wrote:
Abusive comments are a gender thing. Stories about or by women are more likely to get abusive comments, in public and private, based solely on the gender of the subject or the author.
-VAL
On Wed, Jul 9, 2014 at 3:37 PM, Emily Monroe emilymonroe03@gmail.com wrote:
I doubt that the comments issue is even a gender thing. Comment sections
are
pretty non-discriminatory in regards to starting up drama.
From, Emily
On Tue, Jul 8, 2014 at 10:01 PM, Sarah Stierch sarah.stierch@gmail.com wrote:
Never read the comments. Never .
On Jul 8, 2014 6:50 PM, "Keilana" keilanawiki@gmail.com wrote:
If only, Tom. I would be shocked if that ever got removed.
On Mon, Jul 7, 2014 at 6:15 AM, Tom Morris tom@tommorris.org wrote:
That’s really cool.
(Just don’t read the comments. Awful misogyny contained therein. Is there any way we can get that crap removed?)
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