Since this began many commentators have lamented the bile that often pours out on social media, but few if any point out the apparent racial hatred that sparked it off.Embattled celebrity Charlotte Dawson has been hospitalised after Twitter trolls unleashed a torrent of abuse ...
Sydney-based Dawson, who recently described her native New Zealand as 'small, nasty and vindictive', traced the original abusive tweet to Tanya Heti, who manages a student mentoring program at Melbourne's Monash University.
The university on Wednesday suspended Heti, who tweeted Dawson, saying 'on behalf of NZ we would like you to please go hang yourself' ...
Dawson had confronted Heti about abusive posts directed at her and a Melbourne follower who had lost her partner to suicide ...
When Dawson phoned Heti to challenge the comments, she said she was told she was a 'well-to-do white girl' who should be able to cope ...
So while the commentators are moralising about society in general, this is probably just the same racial hatred that we see manifested in violence on the streets.
Beneath the veneer of diversity lies a sea of flammable tensions.
File under: anti-social media.
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