In the article above, it addresses the issue of hate comments coming from people who are non anonymous more than people who choose to write anonymously. This was very surprising to me, due to people usually write anonymously when saying something harsh towards someone on the internet. However, this just shows how people are becoming more selfish and careless of other people's feelings. The fact that people are now using their full name shows that they don't care if people respond back to them. I guess you can say that they're using their first amendment right.
To add on, people who say these harsh comments, whether anonymous or not, should try to be more considerate and actually try and get help. These people have an actual problem and it can be fixed. Most people who troll are just getting their anger out. With help, they can find another outlet for their anger.
I like how you connected this to the first amendment; that's a good point. I never thought of it that way but even people who are posting anonymously are exercising their right to free speech. Unfortunately no where in the Constitution does it state exactly what type of comments qualifies for this right. For instance; there's nothing written in the Constitution that specifies that mean/rude comments are exempted from the "freedom of speech" law. Therefore making it easy and even within the law to "freely" and publicly speak badly about something or someone.
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