Related content. The NYT piece kicks the crap out of the Gawker piece (shocker). #gawkerinanutshell OMFG. "Them:" was one of the best books I read last year. I've been trying to find the video series. He's an amazing author.“Wow,” she said. She dried her eyes. “Of all the things I could have been in society’s collective consciousness, it never struck me that I’d end up a brutal nadir.”
In January 2014, I received an email from Biddle, explaining his reasoning. “The fact that she was a P.R. chief made it delicious,” he wrote. “It’s satisfying to be able to say, ‘O.K., let’s make a racist tweet by a senior IAC employee count this time.’ And it did. I’d do it again.” Biddle said he was surprised to see how quickly her life was upended, however. “I never wake up and hope I [get someone fired] that day — and certainly never hope to ruin anyone’s life.” Still, he ended his email by saying that he had a feeling she’d be “fine eventually, if not already.”
Jon Ronson is the author of many nonfiction books, including “The Psychopath Test,” “Lost at Sea,” “Them: Adventures With Extremists” and “The Men Who Stare at Goats.” This article is adapted from the book “So You've Been Publicly Shamed,” to be published in March from Riverhead.
I just looked up the book "Them" and I will have to give it a read. It seems like it would be pretty eye-opening since it was published just a few months after 9/11. Also, what does the badge mean? I see them all the time, but I rarely post so this is a first for me.
It's got some crazy shit to say about Ruby Ridge. Mostly it illustrates that paranoia has common roots, no matter who your boogeyman is, but it also points out that sometimes we're the paranoids. The badge means I wanted to give your post extra emphasis so that more people would see it. Badges are earned, as opposed to votes, so they're not as readily available.
As astoundingly inappropriate as Justine's comment and the comments or actions of the others mentioned may be, I think perhaps society as a whole needs to take a step back and recognize what this kind of hyperbolic reaction to such things is. Do people deserve to lose their job and be sent into such deep depression over a single lapse in judgement? I'd argue that they do not. A bit of patience, empathy and understanding goes a long way, especially when the person is truly apologetic for what they've said or done.
It's crazy how inconsiderate people can be. I mean, people say way worse and more racist things like that every day. You shouldn't let your anger out on someone else. The worst part is that, in the end, they aren't attacking this woman because she's done anything wrong anymore. They do it because it's funny and they get a good laugh out of it. It's so easy to denounce someone online without thinking about it. Society as a whole should learn to be more smart when using the internet. You can feel invincible on here sometimes, but you're really not.