The Internet is dotted with cesspools, also known as comments sections. Consider, for instance, the Facebook chatter surrounding a recent New York Times article about Donald Trump: “Of course the general election has been rigged in favor of that lying-cow Hillary and against Trump,” one person wrote.
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