Sarah Jeong tweeted 'kill all men' (49% of Americans) many times. She's shown vicious hatred towards white people (62% of Americans) many times. How should we feel about the NY Times defending someone who intensely hates more than 80% of all Americans?https://twitter.com/amber_athey/status/1025406794011750400 …
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Replying to @primalpoly
They knew who she was, and is. They shouldn't fire her, for that reason. Let the consumers decide if they want to pay for the NYT. 1/
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Replying to @FlorbFnarb
I'm not trying to get her fired. I'm trying to convince fewer people to subscribe to the NY Times. Isn't it legitimate to promote consumer boycotts against unethical companies?
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Replying to @primalpoly
I'm torn on it. On the one hand I believe people should buy what they want, and businesses can reap the benefits and penalties of their actions. On the other hand, a conscious decision to boycott can turn into an outrage mob that reinforces bubbles. 1/
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Replying to @FlorbFnarb @primalpoly
I suppose my gut feeling is, individual decisions on this are likely to be cooler and less knee-jerk as a whole, while group decisions fostered via social media tend to have a snowball effect promoting outrage mobs, and foster politics becoming part of the consumer's identity. 2/
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Replying to @FlorbFnarb @primalpoly
So TL,DR: I'm torn on the idea of consciously driven, social-media promoted boycotts. 3/
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Fair enough. I can also see both sides of this issue. But in this particular case, I think the NY Times needs a very clear wake-up call.
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