This is why I eschew Twitter.
The tweet, sent from the account of Justine Sacco, read: “Going to Africa. Hope I don’t get AIDS. Just kidding. I’m white!”
Okay, given modern sensibilities and micron thin skins of the twitterati, the inevitable backlash to such a stupid comment was inevitable.
In response to the furour, IAC has removed Ms Sacco’s details from its corporate website, but not commented on her employment status. Many Twitter users have called on the company to fire Ms Sacco following the comments.
Right on cue…
Okay, so the woman is a fool. You would have thought she would have learned from the experiences of others who have fallen foul of the hard-of-thinking twitter mob, but, no, she goes and makes an arse of herself. And, let’s be clear, here, that is all she has done. If people are offended by her comments, it is because they have made a positive decision to be offended. The rational response would be to ignore it as a moment of foolishness. Outrageous it ain’t. But, still, outrage is what we get.
“This is an outrageous, offensive comment that does not reflect the views and values of IAC,” the firm said in a statement on Friday.
Oh, fuck off and get over yourself you pompous, self-righteous twat. It is not outrageous at all. Stupid and ill-conceived maybe, but that is all. Of course, if this organisation decides that her behaviour warrants dismissal, well, that is up to them, but spare us the gnashing of teeth and over use of the word “offensive” because, frankly, it isn’t. it really isn’t worth a nanosecond’s consideration. There are more important things in life than a tweet – and, frankly, a foolish tweet really should not result in the morally self-righteous demanding that someone be dismissed because of it. These people have no sense of proportion.
Twitter – the modern-day mob, with the intellectual capacity of a microbe, skin the thickness of tissue paper and attention span of a goldfish.
The correct response is to say ” what a silly bitch!” and and move on, but the Bansturbators and the Thought Police never sleep do they? There’s always a new target to be hit after the obvious ones…
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2527854/No-muffin-tops-cankles-Minister-calls-ban-fat-talk-use-shame-women-bodies.html
These idiots don’t seem to understand that 1984 was a warning, not an instruction manual.
It’s the thin skinned response to the asinine which gives the bansturbator drama queens their power, Rab. That’s why they jump in with both feet and stir up huge clouds of dust over the dropping of a pin.
“You would have thought she would have learned from the experiences of others…”
Would you? I wouldn’t … !
Perhaps you should explain to the outside free world which part of what she said was foolish and why – and even which was untrue.
The foolishness was in not seeing the inevitable backlash and loss of job.