Hate mail (as electronic, posted, 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.
Senders of hate mail normally send anonymous letters or pose as someone else (either a different or fictitious individual) in order to avoid being identified and tracked down, as the nature of some hate mail would inevitably result in criminal charges if the sender was identified.
Zodiac killer's letter sent to the San Francisco Chronicle on July 31, 1969
Hate mail has frequently been issued to footballers and managers by fans of rival football teams, and also by their own fans who are dissatisfied with the performance of an individual player, manager or the team. Neil Lennon, the former Celtic F.C. manager, received hate mail including a package containing a nail bomb from Rangers fans. Two men were jailed for five years in April 2012 for sending a nail bomb to Lennon.[1]
The parents of 10-year-old Holly Wells, a Cambridgeshire girl who was murdered along with her friend Jessica Chapman in the highly-publicised Soham murders in August 2002, received several letters shortly after their daughter's body was found, accusing them both of being involved in the murder of the two girls. They also received several letters with content including that they "got what they deserved" for allowing their daughter to play out on the Sabbath. Other letters with sexual content referring to the possible circumstances of her death were also written.[2]
The parents of Sarah Payne, who was murdered in West Sussex in July 2000, received an anonymous letter while she was still missing, accusing her father and grandfather of having murdered her. After Sarah's body was found, her parents also received letters berating them for allowing Sarah and her three siblings to play unsupervised on a beach.[3] Her mother, Sara Payne, now a child protection campaigner, closed her Twitter social networking account in November 2014 following a long campaign of abuse by trolls, which included allegations that she had made a vast amount of money from her media work and was "glorying in a lavish lifestyle" as a result, suggestions that Roy Whiting (convicted of Sarah's murder) was innocent, threatening messages from Twitter users claiming to be paedophiles, and remarks about the death of her former husband Michael from an alcoholism related illness the previous month.[4]
Dear, Michael (January 2001). "The politics of geography: hate mail, rabid referees, and culture wars". Political Geography. 20 (1): 1–12. doi:10.1016/S0962-6298(00)00033-0.
Temkin, Benny; Yanay, Niza (October 1988). "'I shoot them with words': an analysis of political hate-letters". British Journal of Political Science. 18 (4): 467–483. doi:10.1017/S0007123400005226. JSTOR 193881. S2CID 154321350.
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
"Racist Hate Mail Found In Durham Mailboxes" WRAL-TV, 10 October 2006
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For the Canadian short comedy drama film see Hate Mail film Hate mail as electronic posted 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 The first page of the Dear Boss letter dated 25 September 1888 The recipient may receive disparaging remarks concerning their ethnicity sexuality gender religion intelligence political ideology sense of ethics or sense of aesthetics The text of hate mail often contains profanity or it may simply contain a negative message Senders of hate mail normally send anonymous letters or pose as someone else either a different or fictitious individual in order to avoid being identified and tracked down as the nature of some hate mail would inevitably result in criminal charges if the sender was identified Contents 1 Notable examples of hate mail 2 See also 3 References 4 External links 4 1 Scholarly articles 4 2 News articlesNotable examples of hate mail Edit Zodiac killer s letter sent to the San Francisco Chronicle on July 31 1969 Hate mail has frequently been issued to footballers and managers by fans of rival football teams and also by their own fans who are dissatisfied with the performance of an individual player manager or the team Neil Lennon the former Celtic F C manager received hate mail including a package containing a nail bomb from Rangers fans Two men were jailed for five years in April 2012 for sending a nail bomb to Lennon 1 The parents of 10 year old Holly Wells a Cambridgeshire girl who was murdered along with her friend Jessica Chapman in the highly publicised Soham murders in August 2002 received several letters shortly after their daughter s body was found accusing them both of being involved in the murder of the two girls They also received several letters with content including that they got what they deserved for allowing their daughter to play out on the Sabbath Other letters with sexual content referring to the possible circumstances of her death were also written 2 The parents of Sarah Payne who was murdered in West Sussex in July 2000 received an anonymous letter while she was still missing accusing her father and grandfather of having murdered her After Sarah s body was found her parents also received letters berating them for allowing Sarah and her three siblings to play unsupervised on a beach 3 Her mother Sara Payne now a child protection campaigner closed her Twitter social networking account in November 2014 following a long campaign of abuse by trolls which included allegations that she had made a vast amount of money from her media work and was glorying in a lavish lifestyle as a result suggestions that Roy Whiting convicted of Sarah s murder was innocent threatening messages from Twitter users claiming to be paedophiles and remarks about the death of her former husband Michael from an alcoholism related illness the previous month 4 See also EditDeath threat Flaming Hate crime Hate speech Obscene phone call Poison pen letter Fan mailReferences Edit McGivern Mark 12 March 2015 Rangers fan who sent letter bomb to Neil Lennon is pictured back at Ibrox Daily Record Retrieved 26 October 2020 Sapsted David Parents got hate mail after Soham murders The Telegraph Retrieved 26 October 2020 As a mum I was meant to protect my children and to know what to do if things went wrong I had failed on both counts Archived from the original on April 13 2019 Retrieved January 7 2019 a href Template Cite web html title Template Cite web cite web a CS1 maint bot original URL status unknown link Boyle Danny Sara Payne quits Twitter after years of abuse The Telegraph Retrieved 26 October 2020 External links EditThis article includes a list of references related reading or external links but its sources remain unclear because it lacks inline citations Please help to improve this article by introducing more precise citations April 2016 Learn how and when to remove this template message 1 The Forensic Linguistics InstituteScholarly articles Edit Dear Michael January 2001 The politics of geography hate mail rabid referees and culture wars Political Geography 20 1 1 12 doi 10 1016 S0962 6298 00 00033 0 Temkin Benny Yanay Niza October 1988 I shoot them with words an analysis of political hate letters British Journal of Political Science 18 4 467 483 doi 10 1017 S0007123400005226 JSTOR 193881 S2CID 154321350 News articles Edit Jewish activists opposing the Israeli government s policies face intimidation and harassment via email and on the internet Guardian Unlimited 19 January 2004 Racist Hate Mail Found In Durham Mailboxes WRAL TV 10 October 2006 Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Hate mail amp oldid 1151458296, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
