Source.AlJazeera wrote:As the Klein video went viral, a spate of articles documented how "internet trolls" attack women primarily - even though recent news highlights that racism and generic cruelty are also popular. Also this summer Britain's Daily Mail published the saga of Nicola Brookes, whose "reputation has been systematically destroyed [by internet trolls]... Her age, appearance and illness all came under fire".
Earlier this summer, the Mail reported the suicide of another woman in response to troll attacks. A troll apologist summarised that case in a post on belch.com under the headline "Stupid Woman Lulzed to Death on Internets". The post reads: "The Daily Mail is blaming [her suicide] on 'Internet Trolls.' It is understood she suffered a barrage of abuse on email and social media."
Shortly before that, Helen Lewis blogged eloquently on the sexism of internet trolls in her collaborative piece for the New Statesman, "'You should have your tongue ripped out': the reality of sexist abuse online". Ten female bloggers agreed "there is something distinct, identifiable and near-universal about the misogynist hate directed at women online".
One of the internet trolls' most consistent slanders is that women who speak are "attention seekers" - which is the most obvious attribute of trolls themselves. The underlying logic of internet troll abuse is projection - and Klein's bullies imitated that.
So gender based trolling. Fact or fiction?