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Description: I went undercover. I set up this ghost profile and went crazy. Now, on a practical level, it was very simple, but on an emotional level, it was kind of daunting, especially with the racist vitriol that I had experienced.

Milo Yiannopoulos

It's as if a psychological norm is being established whereby comments left online are part of a video game and not real life. It's as if we've all forgotten that there's a real person on the other end, reading and being hurt by our vitriol.

British Activist

Ana Kasparian

What concerned me the most about Twitter wasn't just the violent vitriol I was exposed to regularly. I was more worried about what it was doing to me as a person and how it was changing my overall perception of humanity.

American Educator

Tom Steyer

Trump's vitriol attracts large crowds and may even win him the Republican presidential nomination but dishonors our best traditions. It spits in the face of every protection and opportunity our Constitution promises.

American Businessman

Asia Kate Dillon

For all of the incredible messages I've received about how my visibility is helping people, those people who I follow on social media still receive daily death threats and the most derogatory, inhumane vitriol.

American Actor

Lawrence M. Krauss

For all of his bravado, obnoxiousness, hatred, and vitriol, the scariest thing about Trump, to me, is his unique combination of ignorance about the world, convolved with ignorance about himself.

American Physicist

Ntozake Shange

I was constantly being sought after for money. And the vitriol that came my way from many who felt threatened by controversial aspects of 'for colored girls' was often frightening.

American Playwright

Linda Thompson

We only do harm to ourselves when we harbor resentment and vitriol toward another. I do believe that everything is forgivable; some things are inexcusable but forgivable.

American Actress

Jemele Hill

Yes, I do realize that men in sports media also face criticism and backlash, but the vitriol that is directed at women, especially women of color, is far more severe.

American Journalist

Robert Dallek

Political vitriol is a familiar enough characteristic of American history.

American Historian

Nicolas Roeg

Oh, some of my films have been attacked with absolute vitriol!

English Director

Used to express strong negative emotions towards someone or something, often in an argument.

Emotional Charge

Typically found in formal disputes or political contexts, less so in casual conversation.

Conversational Context

Be mindful of its harshness; using 'vitriol' can be seen as very confrontational.

Impact Awareness

In historical texts, 'vitriol' refers to sulphuric acid, important in old chemistry.

Historical Chemistry

Today, the chemical term is rarely used; 'sulphuric acid' is preferred.

Not Modern

In literature, 'vitriol' can symbolize corruption or toxicity in a metaphorical sense.

Literary Reference

Vitriol can signify different metal sulphates; know the specific type being discussed.

Varied Metal Salts

Used historically in chemistry and is less common today except in some technical texts.

Historical Usage

Metals combined with vitriol can give distinctive colors; knowledge useful in art history.

Archaic Color

 I went undercover. I set up this ghost profile and went crazy. Now, on a practical level, it was very simple, but on an emotional level, it was kind of daunting, especially with the racist vitriol that I had experienced.

Vitriol

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