This journalist’s clever response to hate mail from a trolling Trump fan was A++
American journalists really stick their heads above the parapet if they level even the slightest criticism against Donald Trump, who has fed his supporters a diet of propaganda against the free press.
When one Washington Post correspondent, Philip Bump, did just that during the president’s first term, he received an angry and critical email, which he dealt with in the best way.
Today someone sent me hate email in all caps so I told him that I had a disorder where I couldn't read capital letters and he retyped the whole thing in lowercase.
— Philip Bump (@pbump) April 25, 2019
He shared both emails.
That’s what you call dedication to getting your troll on. Twitter reacted:
Trolls, meet your new god.
He is a wrathful god. https://t.co/hC5sFFdWR1
— Greg Stolze (@GregStolze) April 25, 2019
That shit's funny I dont care who you are https://t.co/XITi86LS3S
— Beastman Karalas, Leader of Waffles (@karalas) November 25, 2019
Trolling a troll. Well done. https://t.co/GqhGtoGNWZ
— Tirath Patel, MD (@TirathPatelMD) April 26, 2019
I weirdly respect that level of dedication.
— Jackie Kucinich (@JFKucinich) April 25, 2019
It’s like they put a flaming bag of poo on your doorstep, but there was a little glitter in the bag, too.
— Christopher Moore (@TheAuthorGuy) April 25, 2019
Former presidential candidate, Eric Swalwell, shared a tale of another troll.
I got a death threat last week where the DM was unintelligible. Then the guy corrected the typos with an asterisk. Likely completing the crime. 🙄
— Eric Swalwell (@ericswalwell) April 25, 2019
So, they’re hateful and stupid, but at least they’re helpful – every cloud.
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