“Don’t ask about this girl, if she even exists”

Suppressing discussion of a rape, for social justice

Because I write and talk a lot about online craziness, I regularly get emails of the form, “You will not believe what happened in this Facebook post/Twitter thread/Instagram comments section/[whatever].” These emails point me to consistently wild stuff, and I’m grateful for the tips, but it’s sometimes hard for me to write about these incidents. There’s…