OPINION
With Covington kids, social media outrage quickly turned dangerous
By Michael Goodwin
January 22, 2019 | 10:48pm | Updated
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“Open another can of outrage” is a phrase I first heard years ago. The speaker attributed the words to a New York politician and accused him of keeping manufactured outrage on the shelf and releasing it only for political gain.
Young and naive, I was scandalized by the possibility. Now I long for the days when outrage was rationed and dispensed only with cynical purpose.
These days, outrage is everywhere, is genuine and spontaneous — and far more dangerous.
Technology gives it the power to erupt instantly over the slightest provocation — or no provocation at all. But technology, for all its magic, can’t turn outrage into hate.
Only people can do that, and the most hateful people in America today are leftists.
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READ MORE: https://nypost.com/2019/01/22/with-covington-kids-social-media-outrage-quickly-turned-dangerous/
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Witch way out?
Reader Rochelle Fieldcamp believes history holds lessons about our toxic political environment. She writes, “I see frightening similarities in what is going on today and the Salem witch trials.
“While we would all like to think the mass hysteria was something from the past, every day there is clear evidence that many people, including the media, are in the throes of mass hysteria. And the speed with which people jump to false conclusions is stunning.
“Not clear where this all ends.”
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