Those who say they'll do it, never do. Not "do it", but you get the point. It's like that one punk kid in class who tries to defend himself when they call him out. They say they'll "hurt you" but then when the time comes there a sake of potatoes waiting to be fried. why am I talking about frying people? Well, it all sums up to one thing...TROLLING. Yes, that funny fruit turned bad. That joke turned bad is leaving us all with a horrid taste in our mouth. As we're trying to gurgle it out with the mouthwash of ignorance, were not looking as to how we can take these rotting fruits and used them towards our advantage. I know this sounds confusing, but stick with me here. I know a lot of people who are victimized by stupid comments like,"Imma rape your dead body!" And when they tell me this it reminds me of a well-known story. To make it short, there was this kid who bullied me and constantly said these things, and until I couldn't take it, I exploded by saying," THEN DO IT! DO IT RIGHT NOW!" He never did anything. I'm not saying we should explode on them but we approach them firmly and try to see where the hate comes from. When I hear women get emails and their social medias trolled I say to myself," what if we all as a team of women all pitched in our time to tell our trolls that if they are so determined to kill, harass, rape, and cut out our heads, then to do it." I know this sounds scary, heck it is scary, but believe me. There's going to be a 90% chance that the majority of people who troll us are either too young or don't even know why there trolling them. But if we do it as a team, as an army with no limitations, we can fight this war of trolling. and empty. Having no purpose in doing whatever threat they purpose. There just trying to shut us up and that will never happen if we call them out for the sake of potatoes they are!
-Margarita Navarro
Personally, I think that if an entire group of people were to call out the troll on his/her BS, they would be just as bad as the troll. It would mean that "the army" is also choosing to act childish and stoop to their level. I get what you're trying to say, that if we all came together as a team, it would probably scare off the troll, but what does that make us? It makes us bullies. I just think that it's a waste of our energy to chastise a person that obviously doesn't care about the feelings of others, but again, I do get where you're coming from and how you think something should be done about online trolling and its victims.
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I don't mean it as being aggressive or potentially becoming a troll. The whole "frying" was a joke and it does not mean to treat them the way they treat us. I mean that there are people who ,like in Lindy West's case, she called her troll out to later be tolled that the person who made a fake twitter account didn't even know why he did it. We should be like her, forming a team, call them out on what there are doing, not in a mean way, too figure out why they harassing someone who has a voice. If we think of it as bad them its like someone getting bullied in class. They are getting called names, are getting kicked and no one does anything. the bully will continues to kick the kid, so does the troll who is harassing the majority of women who are just like me and you. trying to work hard in life with people who don't care. so let me ask you again, would you leave that kid to be bulled or team up with him to face the bully? or is it too mean and well become bullies ourselves? just let that sit in your mind...
DeleteI agree with you, Margareth. I understand where Jasmine is coming from too, but I didn’t get the same reaction as she did when I read this. I don’t necessarily see it as bullying or ganging up on someone rather than a strong group defending themselves. Nobody should have to just “take it” and try to move on from the hurtful things people do to them. It’s scary to stand up for ourselves but when we do it it feels so liberating. And when we stand against our bullies/trolls they, hopefully, get more perspective on how their actions are affecting others. If everyone hates trolls so much why would we just ignore them? We have to do something too.
ReplyDeleteWow... I just realized I typed Margareth. Sorry!
ReplyDeleteIts okay thanks for noticing! I'm glad you understand where I'm coming from. I don't like it when people say to ignore them, when that wont help anyone. Thanks for understanding though!
DeleteIgnorance to the problem is unhealthy like a sack of potatoes doing nothing. It isn't the solution; in fact, I believe action becomes necessary to cope with the emotions that arise from being trolled. With that said, I agree with you, but I believe there are different ways to solve the issue. Action can be direct like a group resistance or indirect. In regards to trolling, I believe direct action creates a stronger effect, but indirect action is a simpler solution. Just talk to somebody about the situation. Through my experience, I've learned that simply venting my emotions to people made a drastic difference in how I felt about the situation. All the emotions were gone, and the past became the past, no longer in my head during the present. This method doesn't stop the trolling, but it can put an end to its hurtful effects.
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