assholes on the internet are everywhere

The New York Times profiles The Trolls Among Us, about really awful people with what seems to be no humanity.

On the Media Comments on comments, about the problems with message boards on media (newspaper, etc) sites and the crap anonymous people spew. Great comments to the piece. XD

I'm always amazed at how asshole-ish comments to news stories at media sites and forums are. Lots of blaming, name-calling, assumptions of motive, etc. It's very discouraging.