A Virginia mayor is trolling the trolls after he lashed out at torch-toting white nationalists who protested in his city.
Charlottesville Mayor Mike Signer has become the target of hate-filled, anti-Semitic messages from anonymous Twitter trolls after condemning a weekend protest over the planned removal of a Confederate monument.
Many public figures are advised to ignore the trolls. Signer is hitting back.
“Whew! Lot of trolls out tonight. Must be doing something right,” Signer tweeted Sunday.
Online trolls seek to provoke angry responses, pulling people into unwinnable and ill-advised flame wars. Signer, however, has shown a sense of humor: When an anonymous tweeter called him a “disgrace,” he wrote: “You seem nice. What’s your real name?”