When did trolling become so readily acceptable? And why do we continue to allow it to happen?

I imagine that these trolls are waiting for me to make a mistake, to say or do something stupid that they can use to humiliate me with.
When did trolling become so readily acceptable? And why do we continue to allow it to happen?

MY PHONE rings. It is my sister. I smile as I say hello but then I hear her voice, shuddering with tears.

For a moment my breath catches as I think of a similar phonecall all those years ago and I wonder who it is this time. I wonder who has been taken from us too soon, too young.

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