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Hate mail (as electronic, postal, or otherwise) is a form of harassment, usually consisting of invective and potentially intimidating or threatening comments towards the recipient. Hate mail often contains exceptionally abusive, foul or otherwise hurtful language. Wikipedia does not yet have an article with this exact name. ... A British pillar box. ... Harassment refers to a wide spectrum of offensive behavior. ...


The recipient may receive disparaging remarks concerning the subject's ethnicity, sexuality, intelligence, political ideology, or sense of ethics. The text of hate mail often contains profanity, or it may simply contain a negative, disappropriating message. Hate mail is often sent anonymously.[citation needed] This article or section should be merged with ethnic group Ethnicity is the cultural characteristics that connect a particular group or groups of people to each other. ... This article or section does not cite its references or sources. ... Intelligence is a property of mind that encompasses many related mental abilities, such as the capacities to reason, plan, solve problems, think abstractly, comprehend ideas and language, and learn. ... This is an overview of the ideologies of parties. ... Ethics (from the Ancient Greek ēthikos, the adjective of ēthos custom, habit), a major branch of philosophy, is the study of values and customs of a person or group and covers the analysis and employment of concepts such as right and wrong, good and evil, and responsibility. ... Look up Profanity in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. ...


Nowadays, many senders of hate mail use internet e-mail.[citation needed] Some webmasters post received hate mail publicly on their websites with the intention of humor.[citation needed] A webmaster is a person responsible for designing, developing, marketing, or maintaining Web site(s). ... Look up Humour in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. ...

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Reasons for hate mail

The reasons why people receive hate mail can vary widely.[citation needed] These can include the recipient's involvement in controversial social or civil causes and expressed political viewpoints, for example.[citation needed]


Criminals have also received hate mail, both in and out of prison, particularly if it involves crimes against children.[citation needed]


See also

This article or section is not written in the formal tone expected of an encyclopedia article. ... Flaming is the act of posting messages that are deliberately hostile and insulting, usually in the social context of a discussion board (usually on the Internet). ... A Do not feed the troll image In Internet terminology, a troll is someone who comes into an established community such as an online discussion forum, and posts inflammatory, rude, repetitive or offensive messages designed intentionally to annoy or antagonize the existing members or disrupt the flow of discussion, including... Telephone scatologia is the making of obscene telephone calls for sexual pleasure. ...

External links

Scholarly articles

  • "The politics of geography: - hate mail, rabid referees, and culture wars" Political Geography, Vol. 20, No. 1, January 2001, pp. 1-12
  • "'I Shoot Them with Words': An Analysis of Political Hate-Letters" British Journal of Political Science, Vol. 18, No. 4, October 1988, pp. 467-483

News articles

  • "Jewish activists opposing the Israeli government's policies face intimidation and harassment via email and on the internet." Guardian Unlimited, 19 January 2004
  • "Postal workers upset with 'homophobic hate mail'" Canadian Press, 26 October 2006
  • "Racist Hate Mail Found In Durham Mailboxes" WRAL-TV, 10 October 2006

  Results from FactBites:
 
Hate mail - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (331 words)
Hate mail is mail (electronic, postal, or otherwise) which is threatening towards the addressee, or exceptionally abusive or offensive.
The message can be a long-winded, acerbic novella laced with threats or a simple "you suck." Many times, the hate mail is unsigned (or in the case of e-mail, sent anonymously), meaning there is no way for the addressee to trace the letter to fairly reply.
Some webmasters post their hatemail publicly on the websites with the intention of humor, although they have been criticised by some as "egotistic." It is, with the great quantity of visitors and variety of opinions, difficult for a site to express any kind of viewpoint without receiving hatemail from someone.
Cyberbullying - Dealing with cyber bullies, flame mail, hate mail (1222 words)
Hate mail is hatred (including prejudice, racism, sexism etc) in an email.
If you receive abusive posts or hate mail from someone on the urban75 bulletin board, use the 'report this post' function, inform a moderator or mail the admin team
When the time comes to take action, this folder of hate mail and flame mail is your evidence.
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