A women named Lexi Manion has become a body positive advocate, who inspires others going through her own similar struggles. On October 6, Manion posted a side-by-side picture which featured an image of her wearing revealing clothes with the caption "confident" and the other picture in more comfortable clothes with the caption "still confident". The post had nothing to do with her health yet, that was all strangers commented on. They left, “You are so fat, WTF. How disgusting.” “Shouldn’t be confident with being that unhealthy.” “You fat ass!! Don’t show your fatness!!!” under her picture. This wasn't the first time Manion had received hateful comments, so in a way she had ways to deal with them, but they still got to her. A tactic of hers was to respond to the hate comments with sass and sarcasm, however that didn't help, so she tried to respond with reason, still wasn't helping.
Lexi Manion admired the love and kind comments she received, so she decided to turn the tables. Manion contacted those who wrote the worst hateful comments, and decided to kill them with kindness. She messaged them with compliments like “I love how you spell your name – it’s so unique and pretty!” “I love that dress on you – you’re stunning!” “Your smile is absolute sunshine!” Manion had low expectations, but a few apologized and responded back while others didn't.
I believe the best tactic of Lexi Manion's doing was responding with kindness to her haters. This idea not only made her feel like a better version of herself, it also made the trolls feel guilty of their wrong doing.This also gave an amazing inspiration to others, in her same situation, on how to deal with trolls. Instead of dealing with the trolls with hate return, she emphasizes that its better to deal with them with kindness and happiness, that'll really "kill" them.
Check out Lexi Manion's inspiring video ⤵
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