I didn’t realize I was up any notches. Maybe it is you who needs to take your defensiveness down a notch.
Also, hate speech went way up online after 9/11. Just because you didn’t see it doesn’t mean it wasn’t there.
Edit:
I posted a top level comment with a pretty interesting Pew research article, this chart is on page 6.
Over half of the sites in the study had a tenor of “anger, fear and hate.” More than the “nonviolent response” cohort. I also wonder what % of the “religious expression” ones were Islamophobic
While I was already reading through what I found to be an interesting study Pew did 1 year after 9/11 about the internet,
(Quite literally the exact topic that OP was asking about)
I took 30 sec to screenshot a relevant chart.
I dunno man, doesn’t seem unhealthy to me. Found an interesting article about the thing we were discussing here and thought that I’d share. That took me literally 30 sec to screenshot the chart from the article I was already reading.
This isn’t true, there were racist fucks immediately targeting Sikhs.
People were literally killed in retaliatory attacks (that often targeted the wrong fucking religion).
The question asked “on the internet” and I responded with my personal experience. Take it down a notch.
I didn’t realize I was up any notches. Maybe it is you who needs to take your defensiveness down a notch.
Also, hate speech went way up online after 9/11. Just because you didn’t see it doesn’t mean it wasn’t there.
Edit:
I posted a top level comment with a pretty interesting Pew research article, this chart is on page 6.
Over half of the sites in the study had a tenor of “anger, fear and hate.” More than the “nonviolent response” cohort. I also wonder what % of the “religious expression” ones were Islamophobic
Source:
https://www.pewresearch.org/internet/2002/09/05/part-6-personal-expression-on-the-post-september-11-web/
Edit: to be clear, these comments are about as dispassionate as I can get, I’m honestly not sure why anyone would interpret it otherwise.
You need a healthier outlet
Why are you taking all of this so personal?
While I was already reading through what I found to be an interesting study Pew did 1 year after 9/11 about the internet,
(Quite literally the exact topic that OP was asking about)
I took 30 sec to screenshot a relevant chart.
I dunno man, doesn’t seem unhealthy to me. Found an interesting article about the thing we were discussing here and thought that I’d share. That took me literally 30 sec to screenshot the chart from the article I was already reading.
The problem here seems to lie with you.