“Your fucking yellow” “Get back to your chipper country” – I think it’s sad that there is so much hatred out there on social media. It seems that people have no barriers to what they write, says Kent Sørensen. As a security guard, he is trained to show calm when it boils around him. Sometimes he experiences ugly episodes. – As soon as I see hatred, I have the solution with something humorous. It is important to be calm when you experience anger from others, he says. Sørensen has over 70,000 followers on TikTok with the user “Sikkerhetsproffen” and posts videos of himself at work. He meets hatred here on this platform: Praised by a psychologist The answer method is praised in the clouds by psychologist Kirsten Resaland. – I’m excited about this! He does a wonderful job of taking the air out of malicious questions. Hats off to him, she says. Resaland has for many years worked with mental health in young people. She believes many young people may not understand the consequences. Psychologist Kirsten Resaland has written books about adolescents and mental health. She is happy with the response from Kent Sørensen. Photo: Private – He rises above petty anger and shows everyone else that bullying is worthless nonsense that does not deserve to be met with seriousness, says the psychologist specialist. In its latest report, the Equality and Anti-Discrimination Ombudsman (LDO) has listed various forms of hate speech. As many as 75 percent of the hateful comments that men have received come from other men, while 15 percent come from women. – The youngest are largely not fully developed and may not quite know the consequences of coming up with such words to others. They write before they think, says Kent Sørensen. He makes it nice for everyone In the same report, it also appears that many receive agitation on the basis of ethnicity, nationality or skin color. In the video below, the TikTok profile from Moss experiences this, but he responds with humor: Sørensen himself claims that he is not affected. He rather enjoys the pleasant things that tick in. – I think of others who experience these messages, who on top of that, do not feel good about themselves, says Sørensen. Kent Sørensen says he is never affected by negative messages on social media. Photo: Rahand Bazaz / news He thinks maybe the pandemic could be a cause. – I work with people every single day, and see that people struggle extra during the day. The hatred may come from the fact that it has been a two-year pandemic, says Sørensen. Psychologist Resaland believes it is a good way to distance yourself from the hateful comments. – The code he has cracked is to understand that these comments are not about him, but about those who send them in, she says. Hi! Do you have any tips on what my next case might be about? Send me an email! I have written about this before, among other things:
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