How One Stupid Tweet Blew Up Justine Sacco’s Life

Re:How One Stupid Tweet Blew Up Justine Sacco’s Life by Pinatubo on Thursday February 12, 2015 @11:24AM (#9039482)

Please elaborate on the harm caused by her tweet.

Edit: Maybe I'm not being clear. What I mean is can you point to any harm done by her tweet besides hurt feelings?

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Re:How One Stupid Tweet Blew Up Justine Sacco’s Life by paganel on Thursday February 12, 2015 @11:26AM (#9039505)

Being publicly racist harms people towards which said racism is directed at. I honestly thought that was an established truth.

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Re:How One Stupid Tweet Blew Up Justine Sacco’s Life by efaref on Thursday February 12, 2015 @11:36AM (#9039607)

Except she wasn't being racist, she was being sarcastic about racism.

And in any case, no crime deserves the horrific public shaming she got.

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