It’s too easy to write these people off as “digital fakes” and “weirdos” we will never meet – without actually ever confronting and shaming them. But they are real. These trolls live amongst us and believe posting rape threats, illegal in the real world, is acceptable online. Moreover, they believe, like both Gary and Peter, women who put their head above the parapet, even over benign issues such as keeping a woman’s face on English banknotes, “deserve” rape threats. Last night I felt like I shone a torch on the underside of the internet and felt a bit sick at what I found lurking there.