By Lexi Welch
It’s a red letter day! Despite being fairly new, not all that social media minded and with only a handful of followers (and lovely each of you are) Lexi & Jones has been trolled on Twitter. An irate, cross eyed chap took offence at a photograph tweeted by Jones (honestly, she is so controversial). It’s a picture of a stack of sweets and related to my post ‘Tricked by Treats’, which went up yesterday. Cue a tweet which rapidly descends from reasonable argument (people should be responsible for their own health) into a rather offensive little rant, seemingly directed at us and someone who’d favourited the photo. Well, obviously I had to check out his Twitter feed, which is as negligible as our own and I did notice he seems to find it tricky to complete a tweet without using the word ‘wank’ so I decided his point of view was about as relevant as Nick Clegg’s. He seems to have confused the ability to run long distances with the right to blast people with his own brand of indignation.
There has been much about men’s offensive trolling of women engaging with social media recently, mainly due to the introduction of ‘Chloe’s law’ which makes threats of violence via social media illegal and punishable by a stay in prison. Obviously our own brush with trolling is nothing compared to the vile, threatening and terrifying abuse heaped on some high profile women but I think Mr. Irate should perhaps question whether this is the best time to be offensive on the net.
However, there is a certain badge of honour in receiving rude and offensive tweets. As commentators said in the mainstream press when discussing the recent change in the law, it’s only when women poke their heads above the parapets and have a valid opinion that the trolling begins. So thank you, man who shall remain nameless, for your offensive tweet; it means we’ve arrived!
The offensive image. One doing the rounds on Facebook includes the sign offering free diabetes tests….
