Also via Jesse Singal, this one yesterday.
She thought she was endorsing a message against internet shaming, but she didn’t realize there was someone (or several someones?) on the list of signers who required internet shaming.
She was ready and willing to endorse a message against internet shaming, until she discovered there was a signer she wanted to shame.
She opposes internet shaming unless she wants to internet shame someone.
Mind you, here I am internet shaming her.
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I’m guessing it is the Rowling signature that is so stressful.
Shame on you. Shame on blogs. Shame on the World Wide Web. Shame on the World. Shame on the Universe..!
Aaaaah.! That feels better.
iknklast – yes I think so. Other people are thinking the same thing. She has a track record on the subject.
Like the paradox of tolerance, it’s the Paradox of Internet Shaming: to stop internet shaming one has to internet shame the internet shamers.
Yes, but you don’t take an absolutist, “all shaming is bad” position, do you?