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The real villain here is outrage culture and rampant unchecked political correctness. It's our modern day version of the witch hunts of yore. People make mista

The real villain here is outrage culture and rampant unchecked political correctness. It's our modern day version of the witch hunts of yore. People make mistakes, and nobody is perfect. That doesn't mean that they are evil or despicable and deserve to be burned at the proverbial stake. Things are rarely black and white. Why is it so hard to acknowledge that fact?

xtiansimon 7y ago
Not sure what all is involved in “outrage culture”, but I would certainly think to add that social media thrives on anecdote, and emotions over reason. At the far end, sensational clickbait gets likes and reposts. The wheels are greased for quick reactionary comments to these posts, which in turn is the measure of a story/author’s impact. All at incredible speed and reach—our communication medium is more the mold of our culture than anything we would wish to say to the world and for all time. We should all learn to think differently about what it means to be ‘fired’ or ‘terminated’. If you’re at the bottom of an organization, if you’re freelance or contractor, if you dare to have a personal opinion, ethics or a difficult moral compass (heterogeneous society) then you’re bound to be fired at some point in your career. From what I know of the original story, there was no need to reveal the tweets. Do the work, but why expose this side? The story was such a pretty little package—beer guy uses internet to get free beer. Gets too much, and does something good. Everybody confirms doing good is good. Governor declares, ‘Do a good deed without even trying’ day. Reporter throws cold water on the scene, and is fired.
pochamago 7y ago
I still don't really have much pity for the reporter. Live by the sword, die by the sword
- folkhack 7y ago
  I've been thinking all morning what I want to say to this and ya beat me to it. This reporter was the one to dig up the "dirt" on Carson. It's 100% false that the DSM register pushed him to do this through "editorial practice", although the paper did allow it through so they're as much to blame on this as he is. I've been following this closely and I really think Aaron has a huge chunk of responsibility in this matter. If you put someone under a microscope don't be surprised when the same happens to you - play stupid games win stupid prizes.

xtiansimon 7y ago

Not sure what all is involved in “outrage culture”, but I would certainly think to add that social media thrives on anecdote, and emotions over reason. At the far end, sensational clickbait gets likes and reposts. The wheels are greased for quick reactionary comments to these posts, which in turn is the measure of a story/author’s impact. All at incredible speed and reach—our communication medium is more the mold of our culture than anything we would wish to say to the world and for all time. We should all learn to think differently about what it means to be ‘fired’ or ‘terminated’. If you’re at the bottom of an organization, if you’re freelance or contractor, if you dare to have a personal opinion, ethics or a difficult moral compass (heterogeneous society) then you’re bound to be fired at some point in your career. From what I know of the original story, there was no need to reveal the tweets. Do the work, but why expose this side? The story was such a pretty little package—beer guy uses internet to get free beer. Gets too much, and does something good. Everybody confirms doing good is good. Governor declares, ‘Do a good deed without even trying’ day. Reporter throws cold water on the scene, and is fired.

pochamago 7y ago

I still don't really have much pity for the reporter. Live by the sword, die by the sword

folkhack 7y ago
I've been thinking all morning what I want to say to this and ya beat me to it. This reporter was the one to dig up the "dirt" on Carson. It's 100% false that the DSM register pushed him to do this through "editorial practice", although the paper did allow it through so they're as much to blame on this as he is. I've been following this closely and I really think Aaron has a huge chunk of responsibility in this matter. If you put someone under a microscope don't be surprised when the same happens to you - play stupid games win stupid prizes.