Quote Originally Posted by Old_pie View Post
Because many don't seem to understand it, otherwise they wouldn't react the way they do when comments are less than complimentary. And you can be on social media (I suspect most) and only allow real people you know comment and message, so if that setting is not used then again there is a lack of understanding.



Two comments to that:

1) Spiking is assault, physical assault, not virtual world stuff. It is a crime.

2) Any woman who goes to (certain) bars/clubs needs to be aware of the realities. It's like the guy who crossed the road with the pedestrian lights on green and a car missed seeing the red so he got knocked over and killed. When he got to heaven he said "but I was right!", and St Peter replied, "Indeed, dead right".
PS I always look, whether driving or walking, regardless. A traffic light is not a brick wall safety fence.
Of course they understand it. They just sometimes react to the scum, which is perfectly understandable. Just because someone is in the public eye, it doesn’t make them machines. They are as thin skinned and emotional as the rest of us. And when that abuse comes as a result of that person doing what they’ve trained their whole lives to do, whether it be sport/music etc then I’m not surprised that it sometimes gets a reaction.
A few weeks ago a poster on here started writing abuse towards others. In that instance I’m sure nobody gave a cr@p but if they did, would you blame them for being on this platform in the first place?

To cover your points 1&2.
I’m not suggesting in any scenario people should be naive to risks. I’m saying that when you’re the victim of it, in whatever capacity, our default shouldn’t be ‘what did you expect.’