Limerick musician Denise Chaila has urged that racist comments online should not be ignored. “I think we dismiss the power of those comments too quickly.”Ms Chaila said that negative comments online should not be ignored and that people should make more of an effort to call out abuse. “There's a tendency for people to dismiss the power of the far right in this country“A nasty comment online is barely the tip of the iceberg.”She said that racism continues when racist comments online are ignored. This is the dark side of what we chose to do when we chose to diminish what happens on the internet and what happens online. Online Editors

Source: Irish Independent September 19, 2020 14:02 UTC