Episode Reviews

This just confirms to me that twitter is a hellish place. I have always been wary of jumping on the bandwagon and I'm so glad now for that sense of moderation. There are countless times throughout history where people rabidly attack or get worked up over perceived slights and issues and it is only afterwards that we are able to get all the facts to clearly reassemble a picture of what is truly happening or being said. This feels no different. Also, I abhor sensational journalism and the 24/7 news cycle's need to find new ways to enrage and enflame the population.

We're back to the Extremely Online Discourse with this one. The irony, to me, is that this podcast started out by tracing the history of cultural backlashes, without apparently suggesting how we learn from them. It seems so obvious that the Discourse was going to land here the whole time, that I still don't understand how Rowling feels it was worth it. Some of the angry people are going to agree with you and some of the angry people are going to disagree with you. Nobody (except the Twitter advertisers) is going to win here.