Quote Originally Posted by Sir C View Post
Has no one noticed that all of a sudden, if one says something deemed 'wrong', one is expected to engage in Cultural Revoltionesque self-criticism? It's fúcking scary.
Of course. And if one is 'right', one can say virtually anything without any censure whatsoever.

The fact is, of course, is that this sort of 'outrage' is actually a tremendously convenient way for people to be seen to be saying the right things for a brief period and not actually have to do anything to address it. Co-ordinated 'outrage' in fact obfuscates, procrastinates and ultimately acts as a useful stand-in for action.