Twitter suspends a prolific troll's account

May 25, 2015 13:05 GMT  ·  By

Although his lengthy biography might be an indicator of a prolific journalistic career, Charles C. Johnson is better known for his online trolling.

With what seems like an ample background and a rich working experience, the now independent journalist has gained his Internet fame through more or less genuine stories which create a lot of buzz but quickly fall apart when carefully analyzed.

After several of his most recent tweets sparked public outrage, Twitter finally took the perfectly entitled decision to put his trolling reign to an end. Or at least temporarily.

What got him sacked was his latest swing at civil rights activist, Deray McKesson, with a tweet urging people to donate on his official website - where there is currently a huge banner encouraging his supporters to help him get his account reinstated - to take out the poor man.

He even reached out to Re/Code to say that what might have been considered a death threat by just about anyone who came across his abusive tweet, including the person whom it was addressed to, was merely him exercising his right to free speech. However, his account remains suspended and many people would appreciate if it stayed that way.

The death threat is part of a long series of offensive tweets

His latest contrivance was the pinnacle of a long series of abusive tweets which the microblogging site has turned a blind eye to. It would seem that among his hobbies, the one he particularly indulges himself in is calling Obama gay.

It is his own opinion and he feels the need to voice it every now and then. And there were also rumors of him taking a number two on the floor during college. The not very flattering story was backed by his former classmates who had nothing good to say about him.

What’s more, in the articles he publishes on his personal website he tends to be quite racist towards black people, make sexist remarks and show a hateful attitude overall.

People on Twitter have made several requests for the controversial individual to be banned from the site, but no serious measures have been taken against him. At least not until now, although it is very unlikely that a temporary suspension will do him any good.