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> “Learn to code” is more than internet schadenfreude. It’s also the most recent rallying cry of an anti-media faction. The same media that just days before we

> “Learn to code” is more than internet schadenfreude. It’s also the most recent rallying cry of an anti-media faction. The same media that just days before were busy firing up an online mob to harass a 16 year old child who had the audacity to wear a MAGA hat. Why would anybody be 'anti-media' one wonders?

ap3 8y ago
Aaah, look like you hit the nail on the hat.
happytoexplain 8y ago
Know that I really don't intend to upset anybody or attack people unjustly for their ideologies when I say this: I think your point probably has legs, but could be made much more convincingly with other examples - it's hard to use a MAGA hat as an example of an innocent thing when it's so closely associated with, and so frequently used to implicitly express, a vicious hatred of liberals. I understand that to many people who wear it, that's not part of the message, but there are many examples of people expressing themselves in ways that are not so muddied by the hatred of broader groups, and you could probably find one of those more clear-cut examples if you tried.
- lliamander 8y ago
  I'm not sure it matters about whom a false story is printed. The point is that it was false. It was rushed to print without getting the whole story. Obviously, in the era of internet journalism it's important to get stories out as fast as possible, but (it seems to me) the incentive for getting out stories quickly that are likely to trigger outrage is pretty high. This particular example is rather salient because it is recent,the evidence of false reporting is fairly clear, and because the cost to the victims of this journalistic malfeasance is fairly high.
- factsaresacred 8y ago
  The author of this article is referring to 'attacks' in the microcosm of Twitter and it was the very same accounts calling for the head of the MAGA kid who were on the receiving end of 'learn to code' comments. That's why I drew that comparison. But yes there's possibly better examples. > a MAGA hat [used to] implicitly express, a vicious hatred of liberals Come on. It's a campaign item that represents support for a President that 45% of the country voted for. If you see it as a hate symbol you're projecting your own meaning on to it.

ap3 8y ago

Aaah, look like you hit the nail on the hat.

happytoexplain 8y ago

Know that I really don't intend to upset anybody or attack people unjustly for their ideologies when I say this: I think your point probably has legs, but could be made much more convincingly with other examples - it's hard to use a MAGA hat as an example of an innocent thing when it's so closely associated with, and so frequently used to implicitly express, a vicious hatred of liberals. I understand that to many people who wear it, that's not part of the message, but there are many examples of people expressing themselves in ways that are not so muddied by the hatred of broader groups, and you could probably find one of those more clear-cut examples if you tried.

lliamander 8y ago
I'm not sure it matters about whom a false story is printed. The point is that it was false. It was rushed to print without getting the whole story. Obviously, in the era of internet journalism it's important to get stories out as fast as possible, but (it seems to me) the incentive for getting out stories quickly that are likely to trigger outrage is pretty high. This particular example is rather salient because it is recent,the evidence of false reporting is fairly clear, and because the cost to the victims of this journalistic malfeasance is fairly high.
factsaresacred 8y ago
The author of this article is referring to 'attacks' in the microcosm of Twitter and it was the very same accounts calling for the head of the MAGA kid who were on the receiving end of 'learn to code' comments. That's why I drew that comparison. But yes there's possibly better examples. > a MAGA hat [used to] implicitly express, a vicious hatred of liberals Come on. It's a campaign item that represents support for a President that 45% of the country voted for. If you see it as a hate symbol you're projecting your own meaning on to it.