Caroline Flack’s death shows how social media has democratised cruelty | Richard Seymour

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Online, anyone can be a public figure – and everyone can join a mob, says political activist and author Richard Seymour

The days after the death of Caroline Flack have seen an admirably sober, reflective mood on the part of politicians and the public. Labour leadership candidates are denouncing press intrusion and calling for regulation of social media, while Downing Street wants social media firms to be more proactive in removing “unacceptable content”. Journalists are contrite over allegations that the tabloids hounded Flack. After the feast, the penitence.

 

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Didn’t you rain hate down on a Falklands veteran. If so, you can kiss my hairy chocolate starfish.

You should be hiding your head in shame for life, after your comments on a hero who loves his country. Your opinions now on cruelty are not worth the paper they are written on.

Far Left extremists will never allow people freedom of choice

Is this the same Richard Seymour who mocked Simon Weston who suffered terrible burn injuries, and who said an Israeli journalist should have throat cut? Yeah. Fuck the Guardian.

You need to look at yourself you hypocrite...

But mocking war veterans is fine? Seymour is a vile joke! 🤡🤮💀

People are looking for someone to blame for her death truth is she is to blame she had a choice

The same Richard Seymour who mocked a burned Falklands veteran. Absolute scum.

Sorry but she still attacked her partner with a lamp while they were asleep. She is right to be called out on this and no sympathy. If it was a guy doing it it would be worse

Seymour has no room to talk!! He is of the breed that hunts in the pack!!

The irony

Disgusting that the Guardian would give a platform to a scumbag like Seymour, who mocked a burnt war veteran. Par for the course from the Guardian I suppose

From the paper that published this: a column informed entirely by two grifters, social media mobs, and a 27-year tabloid sponsored witch-hunt. Oh Guardian, don't ever go out of business. We'd be lost without your mind-numbing hypocrisy.

From the paper that published this, a column informed by ignorant social media mobs and a 27-year tabloid witch-hunt.

Mr Seymour is a disgrace.

Richard Seymour Israeli hating,British baiting Irish Marxist , that one?

Two faced pulp from a bigot. Seymour you should be ashamed.

And one wonders why readership numbers keep falling, and why it's free to read online.

Noting to do with the fact she was shitting herself at the thought of going to prison was it NO’ she just killed her self over a few nasty tweets

Really an article from this complete c*^t.

Thanks for confirming the Guardian now employs hate figures again. You really are the gift that keeps on giving.

Another reason why the only place for this rag is hanging in the outside Bog...cut into squares...

Seymour. Cunt.

Richard Seymour would know all about mobs. As for the Guardian, honesty and impartiality might be good places to start.

Guardian, scraping the bottom of the barrel now, are we?

It's official Guardian=woke tabloid

And you are more guilty than most for some of the disgusting things you have said about individuals on social media. I hope you never get questioned by a veteran about your words about Simon Weston!!

Seymour is just one of the reasons thaat noboby should read the Guardian.

After his comments on Simon Weston......such a hypocritical rag.

And the Guardian news paper is kind and impartial to everyone.... 🐮 💩

Another Marxist pushing for the censoring of free speech. Same guy mocked a burn victim and also wished for an Israeli man's throat to be cut. The man is a maggot.

You are a total hypocrite Seymour

Me righteous speaks out 😂😂😂😂😂

Lol, you lot are going down. What a Cnut Seymour is.

Not quite sure what author suggesting here. The police and CPS should not have intervened?

This article is eloquently written and responsible. We need to be asking these questions about how our actions online also form our everyday realities. Finally, we are at this point, however, seemingly too late...

The problem is that liberal shrills who demand social media protections only want those protections for people they deem worthy. Should, say, Tommy Robinson complain about the MSM and social media teaching he gets there will say they are spotlighting racism etc. Hypocrisy.

It was nothing to do with social media it was the tabloid press

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