because clearly they would never send something like this to anybody

Setting aside that it's her god damn job, why the hell SHOULD she have to stay off the internet. And you don't get to be the arbiter of what people should and shouldn't take seriously.

In the comments section of an article about her receiving threats online, yes, derailing it to talk about how good she is at or job or how attractive you find her to be is a fun mixture of both ignorance and stupidity. You made your point about both, and frankly, you've shown your ass enough for one day. Kindly shut…

This isn’t the place to toss out your dumb opinions. You’re purposely instigating on an article about online harassment.

Yeah, you’re a creep and an idiot. This article is not about her qualities as a sportswriter.

And your sibling can choose not to look at your finger too, but it’s still hovering there while you sit smugly thinking you’re making a point about emotional strength, when in actuality you’re only being immature.

I’d like to think that even though these guys are not the ones who wrote the tweets, that they’re nevertheless just a little more sensitive to the raging dumpster fire of hatred that women have to deal with on the internet, and might take the affirmative step towards policing (where feasible) others who engage in this…

Did you used to hover a finger over your sibling, a half inch from their eye, and say, “I’m not touching you, I’m not touching you, I’M NOT TOUCHING YOU”? Because you seem like the type.

Weird/sad thought I had watching this: It’s crazy to me that it affected these men so much. What I mean by that is, if I were to sit down and read them, I’d be like “yup pretty much what id expect” because that’s just how prevalent this is in women’s lives... And even though I’m not a sports journalist, it’s exactly…

HEY DUDES WHO WERE ALL “WHAT CAN I DO? HOW CAN I STOP THIS?” UPTHREAD. COME GET YOUR BRO.

We don’t care if you think she’s good at her job or not. That’s not what we’re talking about. It’s not what the video is about, or what this post is about. It’s about the harassment and threats of violence she receives for doing her job. You’re a dude, so you’ve been socialized to think your (irrelevant) opinion is…

Please, show me where the rape threats are in Rovell’s mentions? Show me where someone tweets his home address and threatens to murder his family? These women would KILL to only have to deal with the “vitriol” in Rovell’s mentions. And if you seriously can’t comprehend the difference between “delete your account” and…

Seeing the guys read these—flinching, horrified and repulsed—made me feel bad for them, because clearly they would never send something like this to anybody. I don’t blame the guys and applaud them going through this uncomfortable experience.

...do you really think this is the time for that? Or that anyone gives a shit? Did you just watch that video, of people saying the most violent terrible shit to her and think “This would be a good time to say she sucks!!”. What the hell is wrong with you?

Don’t you think, maybe, there are better places to talk about how Sarah Spain sucks? Like, can’t you STFU about it when it comes to this one article?

I get told all the time that “Twitter isn’t real life.”

why don’t you just walk yourself up to a wall and repeat it to your hearts content? then maybe the rest of the commenters can have a conversation about what this article is actually about.

I get told all the time that “Twitter isn’t real life.” But it IS real life.

RIGHT?! I didn’t know whether to laugh at them (“omg i hope this doesnt get crossposted to jezebel so we can keep being sexist pigs without those feminazis screeching at us hur hur hur”) or go in with guns blazing.

JFC. I’m glad I don’t like sports. To be a woman in this world is to have an incredibly thick skin by necessity.