Dear Kim,
You said that the trolls who swore at Mary Beard online were "much viler" than
A.A. Gill, who had used his Sunday Times platform to mock her hair, teeth
and general appearance. In fact, it is people like Gill, that buffoonish, ignorant,
malicious restaurant critic-cum-political commentator, carefully constructing
their insults from positions of power and privilege, protected by the media
organizations that employ them, who set the tone of these campaigns of abuse.
As Mary Beard pointed out in her interview, "There are some really, really
vile people out there." And the fact is: we know who they are.
Yours sincerely,
Morrissey Breen
Northcote Point
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Thanks for that, Morrissey,
I've passed it on to Kim.
Mark Cubey
Producer, Saturday Morning with Kim Hill
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