INTERNET SEPTIC TANK. AND NOW ONE OF ITS MOST FAMOUS USERS IS EXPRESSING REGRETS ABOUT HOW SHE SPENT HER TIME ON THE PLATFORM. >> THIS MORNING CHRISSY TEIGEN IS PUBLICLY APOLOGIZING BREAKING SOCIAL MEDIA SILENCE TO ADDRESS PAST TWEETS AND CYBER BULLYING. MONDAY WRITING IN A LENGTHY BLOG POST I KNOW I HAVE BEEN QUIET AND LORD KNOWS YOU DON'T WANT TO HEAR ABOUT ME BUT I WANT YOU TO KNOW I HAVE BEEN SITTING IN A HOLE OF GLOBAL DESERVED PUNISHMENT, THE ULTIMATE SIT HERE AND THINK ABOUT WHAT YOU'VE DONE. LAST MONTH HER TWEETS SHOWED A STRING OF HARASSMENT DIRECTED AT MODEL AND TV PERSONALITY COURTNEY. SHE SAID SHE WANTED STODDEN TO TAKE A DIRT NAP. MICHAEL KOS COSTELLO POSTED SCRN SHOTS OF INSTAGRAM D.M.s FROM TEGAN SAYING HE'S STILL DEPRESSED AND HAS THOUGHTS OF SUICIDE AFTER ONLINE INTERACTIONS WITH TEGAN IN 2014. TEGAN SAID SHE'S PRIVATELY REACHING OUT TO PEOPLE SHE'S HURT. NOT A DAY, NOT A SINGLE MOMENT HAS PASSED THAT I DON'T FEEL A CRUSHING WEIGHT OF REGRET FOR THE THINGS I'VE SAID IN THE PAST. I HAVE TO STOP AND WONDER HOW COULD HAVE I HAVE DONE THAT? >> Trevor: A LOT OF STUFF TO UNPACK HERE. IN FACT, MIGHT BE TOO MUCH TO INPACK. WHICH MEANS WE'RE PROBABLY GOING TO NEED ANOTHER EDITION OF "NOW LET'S TALK THIS OUT." WHOO! OKAY. SO, FIRST OF ALL, I THINK WE CAN ALL AGREE CHRISSY TEIGEN HAS BEEN A PARTICULARLY HORRIBLE PERSON ONLINE BECAUSE, YES, A LOT OF PEOPLE HAVE SAID MEAN THINGS ON TWITTER, BUT TO CHASE PEOPLE INTO THEIR D.M.s? YO, MAN, THAT'S LIKE MIKE TYSON COMING TO PUNCH YOU ONE MORE TIME AT HOME AFTER THE FIGHT. IT'S PRETTY (~BLEEP~) UP. YOU KNOW WHAT'S REALLY WILD ABOUT THIS WHOLE STORY IS CHRISSY TEIGEN WAS IN THIS WORLD OF VITRIOL AND HATE WHEN HER HUSBAND IS FAMOUS FOR SINGING THE MOST UPLIFTING LOVE BALLADS. SHE WAS SITTING ON THE COUCH TWEETING PEOPLE SHOULD KILL THEMSELVES AND JOHN LEGEND WAS TEN FEET AWAY IN THE SAME ROOM SINGING -- ♪ ALL OF ME LOVES ALL OF YOU ♪ AND HONESTLY, I'M GLAD CHRISSY TEIGEN IS OWNING UP. I'M GLALD SHE'S OWNING UP TO BEING A HORRIBLE PERSON ONLINE BECAUSE THAT IS WHAT WE WANT, RIGHT? WE WANT PEOPLE TO BE BETTER AROUND WE WANT PEOPLE TO GROW P. IT DOESN'T IMMEDIATELY EXCUSE WHAT THEY TID BEFORE BUT I THINK IT'S WAY BETTER THAN THEM NOT LEARNING AND GROWING. YOU KNOW, EVEN THOUGH THIS STORY WAS SO MESSED UP, WHAT REALLY GIVES ME HOPE IS BACK WHEN CHRISSY WAS BULLYING PEOPLE ONLINE, MILLIONS OF PEOPLE WERE CHEERING FOR HER. BUT NOW, A LOT OF THOSE PEOPLE ARE CRITICIZING HER FOR THAT SAME THING THAT THEY CHEERED. WHICH, YES, ON THE ONE HAND IS HYPOCRITICAL BUT, ON THE OTHER HAND, IS GOOD BECAUSE IT SHOWS YOU THAT SOCIETY HAS EVOLVED, WHICH IS WHAT WE'RE ALWAYS TRYING TO DO. WE DON'T WANT TO ACCEPT THE SHIT THAT WE USED TO. DON'T GET ME WRONG. ONLINE BULLYING STILL HAPPENS WAY TOO OFTEN BUT AT LEAST NOW THERE'S MUCH MORE AWARENESS OF HOW HARMFUL IT CAN BE. AND FOR THAT, WE OBVIOUSLY MUST THANK MELANIA. NOW, I DON'T KNOW HOW SHE DID IT, YOU KNOW, I THINK SHE HELD A PRESS CONFERENCE ONE TIME AND STOOD IN FRONT OF A SIGN AND THE NEXT THING YOU KNOW, WE BE BEST. BUT, YOU KNOW, THIS APOLOGY ALSO MADE ME THINK ABOUT WHY EXACTLY CHRISSY TEIGEN WAS SO BRUTAL TO PEOPLE TO BEGIN WITH. BECAUSE LET'S BE REAL, CHRISSY TEIGEN WAS FAR FROM THE ONLY ASSHOLE ON TWITTER, ALL RIGHT. SHE MIGHT HAVE BEEN ONE TO HAVE THE BIGGEST AND ONE OF THE BEST AT IT, BUT BEING ON TWITTER IS A LOT LIKE WHEN DOGS MEET AT THE PARK, THERE'S ASSHOLES ON DISPLAY EVERYWHERE. AND THAT'S NOT AN ACCIDENT. LIKE, WHAT WE HAVE TO UNDERSTAND IS THAT SOCIAL MEDIA PUSHES PEOPLE INTO BEING THEIR MOST ASSHOLEISH SELF -- ROASTING PEOPLE, DUNKING ON THEM, THAT'S HOW YOU GET THE LIKES AND RETWEETS. IT'S HOW YOU HAVE "FUN." IT'S HOW YOU GET TO BE PART OF THE GROUP, AND THE PLATFORMS WANT YOU TO SPEND ALL YOUR TIME ON THEM SO THEY SEND YOU STUFF TO OUTRAGE YOU. TWITTER SEES WHEN A FEW PEOPLE ARE ATTACKING SOMEONE AND PUT THAT IN THE TRENDING TOPICS. FIVE PEOPLE DUNK ON A RANDOM GUY AND TWITTER SAYS MAYBE EVERYONE IN THE WORLD WOULD ENJOY DUNKING ON THE RANDOM GUY. WILL HE ENJOY IT? YEAH, WHATEVER, IF HE DIDN'T WANT THE WORLD TELLING HE GOT AIDES HE SHOULDN'T HAVE TWEETED IT TO HIS 45 FOLLOWERS. SO WHAT DO YOU END UP WITH? MILLIONS OF PEOPLE LOOKING TO ROAST EACH OTHER, TO SAY THE NASTIEST THING THEY CAN THINK OF UNTIL THEY GO TOO FAR AND THEN ALL OF A SUDDEN THE OUTRAGE THEY WERE A PART OF TURNS ON THEM. AND THAT'S NOT A MISTAKE. IT'S HOW THE SYSTEM IS SET UP TO KEEP US ALL ONLINE AND TO KEEP MAKING MONEY FOR THE PLATFORMS. BECAUSE THINK ABOUT IT, CHRISSY TEIGEN WASN'T GOING UP TO PEOPLE IN REAL LIFE TELLING THEM TO KILL THEMSELVES. IN FACT, MOST TO HAVE THE THINGS PEOPLE SAY TO EACH OTHER ONLINE, THEY WOULD NEVER DARE SAY TO ANOTHER HUMAN BEING IN REAL LIFE. BUT THERE'S SOMETHING ABOUT THE PLATFORM THAT INCENTIVIZES PEOPLE TO BE THE WORST VERSIONS OF THEMSELVES. AND UNTIL WE ASK OURSELVES WHY, ALL WE'RE DOING IS CHASING AFTER THE SYMPTOMS AND NOT THE CAUSE. AND, LOOK, I'M NOT GOING TO PRETEND THAT I'M BETTER THAN ANYONE ELSE. LORD KNOWS I'VE SAID THINGS ON TWITTER THAT I WOULDN'T SAY TODAY, AND I DON'T KNOW HOW TO FIX THIS. THE TRUTH IS, THOUGH, PEOPLE BEING DICKS ON THE INTERNET IS PROBABLY GOING TO BE A PROBLEM FOR A LONG TIME AND WILL PROBABLY BE A PROBLEM AS LONG AS THE PLATFORMS REWARD PEOPLE FOR BEING DICKS ONLINE. THE LAST THING BEFORE THE OCEAN SWALLOWS UP IS SOMEONE SING LOOK AT THIS ICEBERG MELTING LIKE A BITCH! BUT I WILL SAY THIS, WE CAN'T CHANGE THE PLATFORMS OVERNIGHT BUT THE LEAST WE CAN DO IS MAKE AN EFFORT AS INDIVIDUALS TO BE A LITTLE LESS CRUEL. I'M NOT SAYING EVERY TWEET HAS TO BE SMILES AND GUMDROPS. WE CAN STILL BE HUMANS. WE CAN STILL HAVE FUN. BUT MAYBE, MAYBE JUST AIM FOR THAT GIANT SPACE BETWEEN CHRISSY TEIGEN HATE TWEETS AND ANY JOHN LEGEND SONG. ALL RIGHT, WHEN WE COME BACK,
I'm glad that she's been outed - hopefully ALL bullies will take a step back!
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