“People these days are either completely apathetic or they’re so full of rage that they can’t think!”
You say this like it’s a bad thing. If you make people think, that’s uncomfortable. When you ask questions, you make them reconsider their hard-won certainties. Which in academia or politics is a good thing.
In life, it’s not.
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It started with Harvey Weinstein, one of the most notorious pigs in the entertainment industry.
The people heard the allegations and believed them, and Weinstein was convicted in the court of public opinion. Which, in my own personal private opinion (not necessarily the opinion of The Not Fake News, in case of lawsuit) was all well and good. We all knew about Harvey, and for years nobody did anything, and now something’s being done. Fair enough, and about time too.
This was by no means the first (more…)
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