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> When people have a hole in their life, they often fill it with angry politics. Couldn't outrage culture be seen as a good thing? What is the appropriate resp
by starpilot 8y ago
> When people have a hole in their life, they often fill it with angry politics.
Couldn't outrage culture be seen as a good thing? What is the appropriate response, if not outrage, to rampant systemic racism, sexism, and other forms of social injustice? Should we just lie down and accept it?
- thucydidesofusa 8y agoThe right thing is probably to apply the categorial imperative. If you don't want white people voting "we will not be replaced" then you might not want to support judges who think that insights about justice are uniquely available "wise old Latinas".
- krapp 8y ago"outrage culture" generates outrage for its own sake - not for the sake of motivating productive action, since outrage isn't necessary for that. Twitter is a great example of the futility and impotence of outrage culture on display. The vitriol I see in my feed accomplishes nothing but clickbait, virtue signaling and memetic toxicity, it certainly doesn't help.