Gawker ethos decontextualizes humor born in absurd hierarchically-flattened contexts, & deploys it for profit from a position of power.
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But when it comes down to it — as gross and worrisome as the click-centric model is — it’s rather irrelevant.
There are a lot of click-centric publications out there, & a great many would never, ever publish something with “gooks” in the headline.
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There’s a smug sociopathy that’s set in at Gawker, and I suppose their profit model encourages it — but it’s not the cause.
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That mindset existed long ago. We knew it well from the playgrounds of our childhoods.
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I guess the only thing to be surprised about is that our bullies can make money off our misery, now.
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@sarahjeong@nicolecallahan Yet many will do that with Redskins without hesitation -
@SimonTheTam@sarahjeong because it's the team name, yeah. Which is one of many reasons why it needs to change. -
@nicolecallahan@sarahjeong Yes, but I've in other contexts as well. Many debates about it, few actually ask Natives for opinion
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