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u/jolly_mcfats · 13 pointsr/FeMRADebates

> I never understand why it's phrased as if the person who makes the report also makes the decision to sack the employee.

There was a bit in So You've Been Publicly Shamed where Jon Ronson interviews Adria Richards about her tweet getting a guy fired

> “Somebody getting fired is pretty bad,” I said. “I know you didn’t call for him to be fired. But you must have felt pretty bad.”

>“Not too bad,” she said. She thought more and shook her head decisively. “He’s a white male. I’m a black Jewish female. He was saying things that could be inferred as offensive to me, sitting in front of him. I do have empathy for him but it only goes so far. If he had Down syndrome and he accidentally pushed someone off a subway that would be different. . . . I’ve seen things where people are like, ‘Adria didn’t know what she was doing by tweeting it.’ Yes I did.”

Clementine Ford isn't stupid, or naive. There's ample precedent that this was a likely outcome, and she seems to think that the employer's actions were satisfactory. To deny that she shares in responsibility is to dismiss her agency.

Clementine Ford knowingly exercised power in this story. There are arguments to be made for and against whether her use of power was ethical, moral, or responsible- but I don't think it's possible to deny that she knowingly acted.

u/max10192 · 7 pointsr/mealtimevideos

I absolutely loved the talk. He is a great storyteller, and I felt invested in the subject matter. I'm buying the book, it's here for anyone interested: http://www.amazon.com/So-Youve-Been-Publicly-Shamed/dp/1501231847

u/unclefishbits · 7 pointsr/Miami

A guy wrote about the mob mentality in public shaming:
http://www.amazon.com/So-Youve-Been-Publicly-Shamed/dp/1501231847

It's very important. I think there is a spectrum or shades of grey. The misintepretation of a bad joke is one thing (the woman on the flight to Africa), but these sort of entitled actions are the reason people dog pile on her. The term is "literally brought this on herself". But we all do, and we're all human. Personally, I think the internet has a short term memory, and things pass, for the most part. I know it ruins lives too.

u/LupineChemist · 2 pointsr/news

The book that goes along with internet shaming and the Sacco case is quite prominent.

http://www.amazon.com/So-Youve-Been-Publicly-Shamed/dp/1501231847

The audiobook is great just because of Ronson's amazing Welsh accent.

u/lordofallshit · 1 pointr/news

not blaming the neighbor. i dont blame her, SJWs and their public shame are real. they go after people's jobs. its disgusting SJW modus operandi.

read a book


http://www.amazon.com/So-Youve-Been-Publicly-Shamed/dp/1501231847

u/MageOfOz · 1 pointr/KotakuInAction
u/GODD_JACKSON · -19 pointsr/news

at what point has she been punished enough, though? that's the problem with public shaming, the public does the sentencing. plus, Reddit is already notorious for witch hunts. we should just stop talking about her.

edit: tl;dr fuck forgiveness, let em suffer

sending death threats over the Internet is not a natural phenomenon, but mob mentality is. when you invite the public (in this case, anyone with an Internet connection) to punish someone, you invite all the unaccountable variables that the public has to offer (disproportionately harsh punishments, persistent death threats, gossip etc). it's impossible to regulate, theoretically a lifelong sentence, and therefore it's cruel and unusual. how do you feel about the stocks from the old days? there's a reason those have been done away with