[Osem]

This sort of outrageous and extreme exaggeration really is getting very tiresome. Whether it's ridiculous comparisons with despots and mass murderers, the most vile personal abuse/attacks or even death threats, it's certainly not solely a product of the social media age but there's no doubt in my mind that it's becoming more common as people seek to demonise and intimidate anyone who has a different view. The fact that it's so often done supposedly in the pursuit of a better, fairer, more tolerant society only adds to the irony and hypocrisy.