I strongly encourage anyone to read the comment section for this one. There’s an anti-Semitic homophobic irony-free troll spewing out comment after craptacular comment. Nothing could better prove the point of the article - nationalistic trolls (paid or otherwise) create a chilling climate and turn people away from forums that would otherwise expose readers to points of view that don’t accord with the official line.
In one reply s/he complains about being accused of being a paid troll - which the original comment didn’t do - and accuses the original commentor of being a paid troll themselves. A couple of softball jokes with little to do with the article are treated as fresh opportunities for grandstanding.
…I really need to get my Department of Troll Studies academic site up and running again.
