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This was unexpected (never would occur to me he is a controversial media-person, even though I don't agree with most of what he writes myself), and a pity, sinc
by krick 6y ago
This was unexpected (never would occur to me he is a controversial media-person, even though I don't agree with most of what he writes myself), and a pity, since I still have a bunch on his blogposts on my to-read list, that now appear to be gone, but what I actually don't understand is why journalists still have so much freedom to harass people. I'm pretty sure these pesky parasites are responsible for more total length of nerves burnt, than all robbers combined. Is there really no legal action that an ordinary, not massively rich person could realistically take against NYT in such cases?
- Viliam1234 6y agoBeing an asshole is often not illegal. The law would be incredibly suffocating if we tried to legislate away everything unpleasant. Also, different subcultures or social classes have different norms; it would be hard to define one model of nice behavior for everyone. Usually, there is a social punishment for being an asshole. You are not legally required to be nice to people, but the natural punishment is that the nice people will avoid you, you won't get invited to nice parties, etc. The "karmic punishment" for assholes is that they can only associate with other assholes, because everyone else tries to avoid them. Also, unless they are physically very strong, they probably get punched a lot, as a natural reaction. There are situations, such as online journalism, where the usual mechanisms punishing the assholes do not apply, and it can even become a source of income.