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Performative outrage is a social currency. There may be something there, but outrage can easily become an end in itself. (I have no dog in this hunt, haven't
by barrkel 7y ago
Performative outrage is a social currency.
There may be something there, but outrage can easily become an end in itself.
(I have no dog in this hunt, haven't looked at it at all, it's just a social dynamic that I've seen playing out several times, especially in Twitter pile-ons based on limited or misleading quotes.)
- teddyh 7y agoParaphrasing George Orwell, the object of outrage is outrage. The object of power is power.