via a comment thread about the Clementi CaseWhat terrifies me is the possibility they didn’t consider there would be consequences at all, that they quite genuinely didn’t mean for anything bad to happen, even humiliation.
Because that’s indicative of a chilling lack of empathy. “I didn’t stop to think how Clementi’s homosexuality affected him; I only considered how his homosexuality affected me,” is not merely privileged in the extreme; it’s also evidence of a deficiency of appreciation for a shared humanity which is so increasingly commonplace that it’s considered excusably mundane, and worries about what it portends considered quaint.
I genuinely fear we’re coming a sociopathic society, and the military-industrial-corporate complex that most stands to benefit from a dearth of empathy is churning out consumables, entertainment, and viral material that incentivizes “ironic detachment” as quickly as we can gobble it up.
Bullies who try to hurt people don’t scare me nearly as much as “good kids” who don’t consider how their actions hurt people do.
Oct 1
3:14 pm
Posted: October 1, 2010 at 3:14 pm.
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May 12
2:48 pm
GAY = SIN.
Beautifully done. (And yes, the title of the film is ironic.)
via filmmaker Matthew Brown on Vimeo
Posted: May 12, 2009 at 2:48 pm.
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