Trolls Tell Woman She’s ‘Too Ugly’ To Be Posting Pics Of Her Face, She Responds With 3 Selfies

Melissa Blake is a freelance writer covering relationships, disabilities and pop culture and has been featured on sites such as CNN and Cosmopolitan. She also has a popular blog called ‘So About What I Said,‘ where she gives inspiring personal insights into living with Freeman-Sheldon Syndrome, a genetic bone and muscular disorder that she has had since birth.

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As well as her specialist subjects Melissa often makes forays into politics too, giving her thoughts and opinions on a variety of issues.

Unfortunately, while her opinions are just as valid as anyone else’s, some people decided to cruelly make fun of her disability after she wrote an op-ed about the president.

Trolls Tell Woman She's 'Too Ugly' To Be Posting Pics Of Her Face, She Responds With 3 Selfies

Sadly, Melissa has had to endure much of this kind of abuse throughout her career – some people are simply assholes.

Despite the hurtful comments though, she refuses to let the cowardly bullies – hiding behind their fake names and profile pics – get her down. Her response to the latest round of ‘trollgate’ was a clear indication of that.

Trolls Tell Woman She's 'Too Ugly' To Be Posting Pics Of Her Face, She Responds With 3 Selfies

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Trolls Tell Woman She's 'Too Ugly' To Be Posting Pics Of Her Face, She Responds With 3 Selfies

While it’s easy to despair for the state of humanity and the sheer evil of these people, the horrible comments brought good people out in defense of Melissa and her work. This kind of support, love and basic humanity is what we need in these difficult times, where online bullying culture is getting louder and emboldened by certain high-profile people who encourage it.

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What do you think? Have you ever been bullied by trolls online? What can we do to ensure a more civil discourse on the internet? Let us know your thoughts in the comments below!

I'm a Visual Editor at Bored Panda since 2017. I've searched through a multitude of images to create over 2000 diverse posts on a wide range of topics. I love memes, funny, and cute stuff, but I'm also into social issues topics. Despite my background in communication, my heart belongs to visual media, especially photography. When I'm not at my desk, you're likely to find me in the streets with my camera, checking out cool exhibitions, watching a movie at the cinema or just chilling with a coffee in a cozy place

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James is a Bored Panda reporter who graduated with a BA in Peace And Conflict Studies and an MA in African Affairs. Before Bored Panda, he was an English teacher and also travelled a lot, doing odd jobs from beer-slinging to brickie's labourer and freelance journalism along the way. James loves covering stories about social and environmental issues and prefers to highlight the positive things that unite us, rather than petty internet squabbles about fictional characters. James is the grumpy, contradictory one who thinks that Bored Panda, due to its large audience, has a social responsibility to inspire and inform its readers with interesting issues and entertaining, well-researched stories. Let's do our bit to make our little corner of the internet a smarter, more truthful and less angry place!

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Jo Choto 5 years ago

Cannot believe that people would go on a public forum to insult someone's appearance, and a person with a disability too. What sad, low, pathetic subhumans they are.

117points

Martha Meyer 5 years ago

That's what their idol Trump does. Remember when he mocked that journalist in a wheelchair for his spasms by imitating the spasm - all while standing on a podium in fron of thousands of people AND being filmed for tv?

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earringnut 5 years ago

They anonymously post comments about her. I'd love to see what they'd say about each other if they were to magically got to be as open as Melissa Blake is.

16points

Si 5 years ago

People? I only see male names (as usual)

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Neon Petra 5 years ago

Seriously people. The only ones ugly are the ones being horrible.

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Jo Bebe 5 years ago

Reaped what she sows? That is no reason for people to be ugly to her, they are just as responsible for their actions. They too shall reap :(

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Pamela24 5 years ago

How can anyone think this is an ok thing to say to anybody ever?! How?! You rock Melissa! I want to see more of those selfies!

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Jo Choto 5 years ago

Cannot believe that people would go on a public forum to insult someone's appearance, and a person with a disability too. What sad, low, pathetic subhumans they are.

117points

Martha Meyer 5 years ago

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earringnut 5 years ago

They anonymously post comments about her. I'd love to see what they'd say about each other if they were to magically got to be as open as Melissa Blake is.

16points