The Syria debate fallout is just the latest instance of bravura trolling and each time senior politicians do it,they endorse bullying elsewhere and onlineOn Thursday night Stella Creasy appeared on my Twitter stream in a bra and suspenders, her arms tattooed, and riding a bomb. She had been “redesigned” by a constituent. The hashtag read #NotInMyName.
The debate on bombing Syria has revealed the fresh dividing line in British politics. On one side are politicians such as the MP for Walthamstow,determined and patient in the face of attacks ranging all the way from Photoshopping to rape threats; on the other, the trolls. But the thing approximately trolls is that they don’t live just online – it turns out we’ve elected them too.
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Source: theguardian.com