Here’s How Anti-Feminist Trolls Would ‘Save’ Free Speech

[demmiblue]

[smirkymonkey]

1. That's pretty much how it works, isn't it?

[Loki Liesmith]

2. Almost everyone on twitter is a troll of some kind or another.

I can't say I'm really a fan of what passes for intelligent critique of video games as art, especially on twitter. Of course critics of particular video games receive outsize harassment. I've also seen creators receive just the same kind of harassment the individuals portrayed in this comic receive, because their work is measured against someone else's values and found wanting.

I don't really like any kind of silencing technique, and too often online campaigns are about getting someone fired or threatened into shutting down their social media.

Ideal solution is market driven. Don't buy what you don't like. Once you've told someone you don't like something they have made or written, don't bug them about it anymore.

[LanternWaste]

3. What specifically and objectively leads you to make that allegation?

" Almost everyone on twitter is a troll of some kind or another..."

What specifically and objectively leads you to make that allegation?

[Loki Liesmith]

4. anecdata

I have seen many twitter users I otherwise like and respect engage in trolling campaigns when it suits them (i.e., when they believe their cause is the right one).

The medium is suited to trolling. Limit someone to 140 characters and one-liners, insults, and threats are going to predominate, because actual discussion or dialogue is almost impossible under such a constraint.

[Loki Liesmith]

5. And the @ symbol

is an ideal way to call someone out without engaging them in any meaningful way.

[LanternWaste]

6. Additionally, you state you dislike silencing campaigns

Interesting, though thoroughly unsupported premise.

Additionally, you state you dislike silencing campaigns, but then implicitly endorse the market to allow it should it deem that as appropriate?