Yes, the internet is a terrible place.
You used to be just called a bad word, but now everything is different. Now something more terrible is happening here.
People got a lot of triggers.
And here you go on your social network, which is strewn with a thick layer of conditional jellyfish. They are everywhere and you cannot step so as not to fall on one of them. You are stepping on and destroying her tender ego.
They are called conditional because when you step on them, they begin to scream heart-rendingly.
"Someone stepped on me! How painful!"
Previously, in such cases, conditional jellyfish were reminded that it was "actually" on the Internet.
Previously, everyone knew that on the Internet you can say terrible things, to remind you of your childhood injury.
Everyone remembered the first rule of behavior on the Internet: if you do not want to get into shit - do not step on it.
But now a surprise: now, to hurt someone, you don’t even have to do it!
Your words will be flipped in the opposite direction and will be interpreted in their own way in the most painful and incredibly cruel form.
Did you write something about relationships? After a couple of minutes you are already an abuser and nobody cares that you are a woman. If you defend a girl in conversation, then congratulations - you are already an inveterate feminist.
And then racist, terrorist and so on.
What am I saying?
The mechanism of this method one: scream of the downtrodden and humiliated should cause you a primal fear that some people may find you unfit and cast out from the human pack.
The acceptance of almost trouble-free, because the Internet can write anything, and any words you can turn.
If we are talking about a public persona, a great villain in the end is the one whose support group are unable to shout over the support group of the enemy.
The method gives a misfire in one specific case: when people understand that it is impossible to please everyone.
Because even on a brand new crispy hundred dollars there its the anarchists who despise monetary slavery corporations in the world.
Because their delicate feelings from the cruel world you have to protect yourself, no one else can do.