I don't see you actually arguing your point, beyond a heavy dose of pathos. The reason this kind of approach gets downvoted is that you're replacing any sort of

I don't see you actually arguing your point, beyond a heavy dose of pathos. The reason this kind of approach gets downvoted is that you're replacing any sort of argumentation by just trying to attack the issue on an emotional level, and a very manipulative one at that ("people who don't agree with me are uncritical hypocrites"). I don't know if it's terribly useful to argue which book is more relevant. There seems to be some truth in all of them, but then also a lot of assumptions and unfounded claims, and they all honestly feel very dated. I think I've seen a lot of the same ideas better expressed on blogs. My preferred author is actually McLuhan. If we're going to talk about TV's, the internet, and social media, I think he covered that whole subject a lot better, and with a much more interesting point than "people suck": that technology can have effects we cannot predict, and that we're letting reality shape us as opposed to us shaping it. "We shape our tools and afterwards our tools shape us." We're currently in a time where any sort of philosophy that implies large systemic effects that override will is rather unpalatable (talk about avoiding controversy) to most people, but that's not an assumption we can buy on faith if we want to talk about how and why things are. The first thing that really needs to be proven in all these sorts of discussions is whether or not the development is somehow unique and extra-bad. I'm not convinced that the current state is so much worse (for whom?) than a time when certain minorities had to deal with more than having their toes stepped on. I really don't know what to do with that statement since the two things are very related. We were huge dicks to certain minorities for millennia. We're now trying to be considerate, and perhaps overdoing it. But what do you propose, not doing it? Maybe this avoiding stepping on toes is a sign of something else, something bigger, something older? Or was that not the point? Unfortunately, you haven't clearly stated yours, you just quoted an author. Yeah, people get offended. They get lazy. They live in ways that are not fashionable. When is somebody going to ask why? "People suck" is such a lazy (haha), boring answer, it's a nonanswer. People haven't magically changed, why do they "suck" all the time? Anyone want to answer that? I don't think anyone wants to, since the answer is rather grim, and it doesn't have anything to do with minorities.