For all the bloggers / commentators / browsers out there. Political cartoonist Tim Kreider put his finger on our problem in a recent essay: "So many letters to the editor and comments on the Internet [come from] people who have been vigilantly on the lookout for something to be offended by, and found it." Kreider admits that his job requires him to be "professionally furious." Yet he has come to lament the rise of "outrage porn." "Some part of us loves feeling (1) right and (2) wronged. But outrage is like a lot of other things that feel good but, over time, devour us from the inside out." [Editorial] The balanced blogger is lost in the noise of outrage. Indignation is fine, but it needs to be followed by substance else we end up with indigestion and a stomach full of acid. But how do we have a balanced discourse in the middle of a war of words? Really ... HOW?
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r4space
15/9/2013 11:05:40 am
We don't. - None of the personal factors that constrain our behavior exist to temper our reactions.
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17/9/2017 04:44:47 am
wow good sir.
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