How One Stupid Tweet Blew Up Justine Sacco’s Life

Re:How One Stupid Tweet Blew Up Justine Sacco’s Life by marcusgarvey on Thursday February 12, 2015 @11:54AM (#9039758)

She has plenty of reason to now explain it as being ironic, but we'll never know if that was her original intent, will we? Her other tweets from the same period strike me immature and mean-spirited.

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Re:How One Stupid Tweet Blew Up Justine Sacco’s Life by sejje on Thursday February 12, 2015 @01:08PM (#9040206)

So you choose to believe she meant she literally cannot get AIDS?

Come on.

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Re:How One Stupid Tweet Blew Up Justine Sacco’s Life by marcusgarvey on Thursday February 12, 2015 @02:05PM (#9040645)

My point is, it's natural for her to say afterwards that it was meant ironically now that the backlash has happened. Maybe she's just a jerk who got caught being a jerk.

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Re:How One Stupid Tweet Blew Up Justine Sacco’s Life by sejje on Friday February 13, 2015 @12:04PM (#9045342)

My point is, either she was saying it ironically or she was saying it seriously. She can't possibly have said it seriously.

Was it a somewhat insensitive joke? Sure. But you can't take the statement at face value.

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Re:How One Stupid Tweet Blew Up Justine Sacco’s Life by npizzolato on Thursday February 12, 2015 @02:59PM (#9041007)

Since, we'll never know the context, better call her a racist, publicly shame her. and get her fired!

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Re:How One Stupid Tweet Blew Up Justine Sacco’s Life by marcusgarvey on Thursday February 12, 2015 @03:55PM (#9041331)

She publicly broadcasted something that was, at best and assuming one gives her the benefit of the doubt, extremely insensitive and in any case indicative that she is perhaps not the best choice to be a communications director.

If an accountant got caught stealing in her off hours should she expect to find herself still employed?

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