News for hackers. Stuff that matters.

A comment on How One Stupid Tweet Blew Up Justine Sacco’s Life. Parent comment

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.
[ Parent | on HN ]
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.

[ Parent | on HN ]