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The Big Business of Internet Bigotry

Troll Economy

In the age of virality, if you’re George Zimmerman or Kim Davis, it pays to hate.

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Seminole County Sheriff's Department/Handout via Reuters

The question on everyone’s minds recently is, “Why won’t George Zimmerman go away?”

You’d think of all the people who’d want to keep their heads down and avoid the spotlight, people who’ve been acquitted for murder after a media circus where much of the country decided they were guilty would be...

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