Trolls Shame Woman Online, So She Responded By Posting Selfies

Sep 13, 2019 by apost team

If you have ever posted anything online through social media, then you know how much of a chance you are taking. No matter what you post, there will always be trolls ready to call you out. It doesn't matter what you believe or what you look like. Trolls are ready in the wings, waiting to pounce.

This happened to a disabled freelance writer named Melissa Blake. She is a blogger from Illinois who has already faced a major backlash after she posted an op-ed against President Trump called #UnfollowTrump reports the BBC. However, as trolls do, the insults became based on her appearance instead of her personal thoughts.

Melissa criticized her appearance in alarming ways. Some called her "ugly," "fat," and even a "Blobfish," comments which she posted on her Twitter. While many people would turn off their social media after dealing with such hurtful insults, Melissa decided to fight back in an unusual way. She posted a few selfies while calling out her trolls.

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Melissa stated that many followers even said that she should stop posting just because, according to them, she is "too ugly." So to get back at them, Melissa posted a couple of wonderful selfies. We applaud her courage! Her recent tweet went viral and gained 227,000 likes. It has since been re-tweeted more than 18,000 times.

Melissa said that she would not let the trolls get to her no matter what they said. She also stated that if they tell her that she shouldn't do something, then she would turn around and do exactly that.

Melissa has since been flooded with hundreds of positive messages of support. She has been overwhelmed with the response to her tweet and has posted a thank you to her amazing followers.

In another tweet, Melissa wrote that she woke up to an interview request from none other than BBC, an email from a well-known book publisher, and an amazing 26,000 followers.

If you are interested in what Melissa writes, be sure to check her out. Not only does she write political pieces, but Melissa also talks about disabilities, pop culture, relationships and more. She has even been featured on sites such as Cosmopolitan and CNN. We love that Melissa has such a strong self-esteem that she wasn't hurt over the comments.

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