Social media is a disgusting place.

Whether or not people want to hear or accept that, it is a reality. And no one knows it better than New York Giants right tackle Marshall Newhouse, who, for nearly two straight years, has been the target of vile attacks carried out by the very same fans who should be rooting for him.

Newhouse has established ways of dealing with an unparalleled and unnecessary hatred, however. And while he may still hear and see these awful things that are being said about him, he no longer allows them to eat him up inside.

“It was just like really weird, dehumanizing stuff, and I don’t understand why,” Newhouse told the New York Post. “People say they wish I tore my ACL. Even in the heat of being upset about your team, what makes you think I’m some person who wouldn’t respond to that? A past me would have clapped back, a past me would have taken it to heart, a past me would have let it affect me.”

No longer does the noise of the irrelevant impact Newhouse as it once did. Rather, he’s learned to overlook his critics and naysayers, instead focusing on what remains of his professional football career — a career that has spanned seven NFL seasons.

“As my career’s gone on, it’s been about prioritizing what noise I let in my head, because I’ve definitely been real immature about what I let control my reaction and my emotions when it comes to my performance,” Newhouse said. “I love football. I’ve been playing since I was 5. To hear people criticize you and really want you gone or even in some cases to get hurt so that you’re not here anymore, I took that personally. That sucks. No one wants to hear that about themselves.

“I see it, but now it’s noise. I don’t know the person, they really don’t know me. Move on.”

While Newhouse may be prepared to move on, it’s unlikely unruly and disrespectful “fans” will. But as noted at the very start of this article, that’s just the kind of place social media has become.

Newhouse can take solace in two realities. One, he’s not alone when it comes to being a target on social media. Anyone with an established voice or any form of celebrity immediately draws the ire of those who aren’t. And two, he will enter the 2016 season likely starting at right tackle for the New York Giants.

Haters gonna hate, hate, hate, hate, hate… But Newhouse is just gonna shake it off.