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A Jarring Experience: What It Was Like Being Cyberbullied

Have you ever bee n cyberbullied? Or has anyone told you that they’ve been attacked online ? Well, I’m here to share with you what it was like to be cyberbullied on a global social platform — Twitter. How did it happen? I tweeted something about police brutality back in May 2020 when it was an ongoing hot issue. It wasn’t directly about what was happening, but rather a tweet to defend an artist who wore a police costume for a broadcast in South Korea. The choice of outfit made people upset and they demanded an apology from the stylists. However, some started blaming the artist who wore the police costume for being insensitive and demanded an apology from him. So, I defended him as outfits were set weeks prior to the show when the issue was not spoken about. In the beginning, people seemed to agree with me, but then a few people started calling me insensitive as well. Then things started to turn the wrong way — more and more people came forward and said things to me.  Worms for bra...