That is one reason. They may not be that way in real life, or they may be the same. I think most of the time people bully others on the internet because its much easier and less personal than doing it in person.

in the viet newsapapers, this really poor viet guy never had much and only lived with his mom. A teacher living next door to him noticed that he was unfortunate and decided to help him achieve at least a normal life. But it wasn't what the teacher expected. THE POOR GUY LATER GRADUATED 6 UNIVERSITIES!!!!!! some ppl are just jealous that even hobos are smarter than them and try to make other ppl to never accept them as equals. dont believe those snobs. As God and Martin Luther King Jr. said, " All humans are EQUAL!"

no offense, I mean it's a fact people are more outspoken online than in real life, but how do you know anyone who says stuff online doesn't say it in real life to other people's faces too?

I think that, for most of them, you summed it up in your last sentence. I am only insulted by racists where they are not staring straight into my eyes, or if they are in groups, or from a moving vehicle, etc. Even these insults are nowhere near as bad as the online ones. I am certain it is that way for most people who are insulted this way. The freedom from having their teeth kicked down their throats make them rather brazen. Also there is such an internet community of keyboard warriors egging them on that they escalate. I have had more death threats (mostly online) from racists than I can count (literally) and, well, here I am. I have no doubt that the homeless get it mercilessly. These big badasses only pick directly on people who are weaker physically than themselves. I always chortle when I hear of someone picking the wrong person, like a 5' nothing, 100 or so pound dripping wet, female 2nd degree blackbelt I knew. That did not work out well for the assailants.

Not necessarily. There are plenty of racists who would gladly say it to someone's face, usually with a weapon or gang of like-minded people behind them. The internet, though, CAN be a place of anonymity, if one wants it to be. Most of those bullies and cyberstalkers tend to use numerous anonymous accounts, jump into any thread, slam whomever they don't like for whatever reason, and many will simply leave, having "vented their spleen". Others have VERY big spleens, and will wait for the attacked or their friends to respond, and respond to them, again. The newer ones wish to ask for "discussions", where they site sources (usually crap sources for most), and state their case for the attacked to respond to. (Many times, they only state enough that only the attacked will see it as such.) When they do, they continue to argue their point, even if the attacked has proven to anyone reading that while they are on the defensive, they still have not attacked the other. These bullies will do all they can to get the attacked to break, and then they will wreck havoc by demanding that they themselves were attacked - and since their statements do not appear to be an attack, many times the attacked will be in trouble. (I've seen questions like this, and even, when having problems with another ABer off AB, resorted to it myself. Let me tell you, the other ABer didn't like it one bit, but couldn't say anything on AB about it. But those emails... LOL) Some simply don't believe that others races are worthy, that other cultures are worthy, that other religions tell the truth, etc. As for those less fortunate, most of the time, they have no internet service, so cannot defend themselves. Seems unfair, doesn't it. Those who have challenges, again, though, they try to get THEM into trouble. It's vicious. Why? Because they can. Simple as that. MOST people, though, can see that MOST of THEM have problems and what they are doing. It's those sneaky ones, as described above, who are the nastiest.

You ask an interesting question. Anonymity has ALWAYS served those who wish to spread hate and discontent through racism, religions, cultures, and more. Why? A couple good reasons: 1. Anonymity breeds fear, because if it cannot be proven who a perpetrator is, or is the identity of the perpetrator is unknown, then it is much harder to take reasonable protective actions to avoid trouble, or to stop those who cause it. 2. Those who spread their hate and discontent do not wish to be caught. You can see this in MANY mediums, the internet only being the latest of them. The KKK, for example, uses masks, hoods, and robes to instill terror and avoid identification. When CB radio's were at the height of their popularity in the 70's and 80's, you could often hear people anonymously attacking others on the radio. People have used the printed medium as well, scattering propaganda anonymously. Criminals in general prefer to act under cover of darkness or other circumstances which cover their identities and cause fear in those they confront. To be sure, there ARE those who are extremely confrontational and very up front about their antisocial behavior. But they aren't the dangerous ones. Why? Because they are extremely visible and thus easy to track, counter, and prosecute. The REALLY dangerous ones are those who push their agenda in subtle ways, who use the various forms of media to couch their beliefs in "reasonable" postulations, statements and questions carefully worded to avoid being outright antisocial propaganda and hatred. Who toe the line just enought to gain the protection of "Freedom of Speech". These people usually cannot be brought out into the light by any single isolated event, conversation, or posting. Their behavior must be observed over time in order to catch what they are doing and a chain of events developed to demonstrate it to others. And even then you are likely to get those people who will look at snippets and pieces of the whole and say things like "I think you're reading too much into this" or "I think you're over-reacting". Racists, and other hate mongers, are countered by two things: 1. Publicity. Wide spread publicity. The more their actions are brought out in the open, and the wider the audience, the LESS power they ultimately have. Such people can ONLY achieve power if they are ALLOWED to do so. And the earlier you shine the light on them, the less likely they will get it. 2. People have to CARE about what is happening. Publicity helps here. It is a sad fact that most people are fairly apathetic about issues that do not directly affect them. We see and experience it all the time. We look at the news and see a child who was killed in an automobile accident and say "Aw, that's too bad!" But since it wasn't OUR child who was killed, or a close friend or relative's child, the impact of that news is somewhat limited. This is human nature. But when we see on the news that an unknown hit and run driver killed a child two blocks away from where you live with your OWN children, and nobody knows anything about the person who did it and he's still at large...all of the sudden it becomes something which directly impacts your own life. This is human nature as well. Now, another thing to realize about people who spread such cr*p on the internet: There is another group of people out there who do this, and they don't necessarily hate anybody in particular. They are thrill seekers. They post confrontational material because they want to see people react to it. They love to spark a fire and see if it will grow into an inferno. They poke buttons and yank chains to see if they can get a reaction. This is not because they hate anybody...it's because they find it entertaining and funny to provoke these reactions in people. One minute, they will pose as vegans and deliberately p*ss off someone who likes eating beef by posting inciteful material about murdering defenseless cows and calves. The next minute, they will be somewhere else in a PETA catagory, posting comments about how they raise delicious veal, including all the details about feeding them and slaughtering them. Somewhere else they will be pro-life, p*ssing off someone who is pro-choice. And in yet another string, they will be slamming someone who thinks abortion is wrong by screaming about how it's the woman's right to choose and the unborn child isn't human. So they are not, for example, racist...but they LOVE to see people FIGHT over it. Bugger 'em all.