Saturday, December 21, 2013

But grown-up conversations are not fashionable in the early 21st century, and a stake was prepared for the lady’s burning. Rant and rave is the order of the day


‘Tis the season for apologies - Wesley Pruden/Washington Times
A&E, "Duck Dynasty," and the Climate of Intolerance in America - Ryan T. Anderson/Heritage
The Age of Intolerance - Mark Steyn/National Review
The 29 Stages Of A Twitterstorm: Let’s go on a tour of the anger factory. - Buzzfeed
WHY DID BUZZFEED & CO. TARGET JUSTINE SACCO FOR ONLINE ASSASSINATION - John Nolte/Breitbart (image source)

Read your Kafka.

Added:
THE STRANGE ONLINE SAGA OF JUSTINE SACCO - John Hayward/Human Events @Doc_o

Whom the gods would destroy, they first give Twitter accounts. This is hardly the first time someone has blown her foot clean off with the howitzer of social media, although usually it’s someone higher-profile than Sacco was, or someone who unwisely makes an online post that directly insults her employers or supervisors. The sub-genre of “private Twitter messages accidentally beamed out to the entire world” has brought us a number of memorable incidents.