Quote Originally Posted by the other bob wilson View Post
I agree with you. Are people more likely to hold views most consider offensive these days? I tend to think not, but social media especially allows those who hold racist views to get them out into the public domain easier and the more this happens, the more people notice them and so things snowball. I'd also say that since the 2016 Referendum, some racists have become emboldened because they believe, wrongly in my view, that more people share their views than they thought.
It’s the anonymous accounts that are 100% the problem on all forms of social media.
If people had to give full name and ID to register, they could be easily identified and arrested.
I’m sure if members of this board had to do the same, there would far less insults and vitriol.