This is what makes me queasy about you and considering not reading more of your reporting:

Is it really a shock that someone who writes for a website famous for posting snarky articles is against an author who questions said things?

Exactly.  He talks about how we, as a society, are happy to lump in on the shame game without thinking about the person behind the avatar as a real person with a real life.  That we enjoy the public shaming (and the acceptance it gives us within a crowd) more than we hate the shamed person’s actions in the first…

Ronson is an amazing writer and is able to get deep into his subjects. I highly recommend his book about sociopaths in jail and in business. I’d definitely listen to this.

Yes. Thank you. Speaking also as a fan of his work, I think he encourages nuanced discussion and complex contemplation of these topics - in no way does he try to determine “who is worthy of compassion,” as if literally anything about his writing or personal philosophy implies that he thinks it’s a zero sum game. And…

Hi Tracy,

These are tricky waters to wade into, but I have found Ronson’s other reporting to be sensitive. With regards to his writing on public shaming, his conclusion is about our complicity as spectators in the shame game. To say he is deciding who is worthy of compassion is to misunderstand his piece.

For a good time, read the replies to Mike Huckabee’s tweet about Taylor’s 13-year-old girls or Charlie Kirk’s about Kanye ending Taylor’s career. Summoning the wrath of swifties* is such an own goal.

Jesus you guys. This is GOOD. Just let it be good.

I am far from a T-swift fan but I can’t help but find it ridiculous to be mad at this. Also it’s easy to shit on people after the fact.

Uh, where was Taylor Swift during the 2016 presidential election?

I know. I hate when people I don’t know and never will know do not do things based on a timeline that I have in my head for when and why they should do things.

This seriously did not need to be the week to take a dump on Taylor Swift for doing something right. 

I’m a Tennessean and we really need all the help we can get, so I’m pretty thankful for Taylor Swift speaking up. Marsha Blackburn is a fucking scourge and deserves the guillotine, honestly. 

Barbara Bush, 36, got married in a small private ceremony this weekend. It was attended by all of her living immediate family and some friends.

Guys seriously, can we just for ONCE, give props to Taylor when she does something right? You don’t have to crown her Queen of Jezebel, but legit, this was a good thing she did. Today I’m thinking of all her LBGT fans who must be feeling real fucking awesome about their fave sticking up for them politically in this…

I know people have a lot of problems with Taylor Swift, but I’m glad she’s finally realised that this is not the time for silence and political neutrality.

I swear.  Taylor does what y’all beg her to do and then you still find a way to shit on her for it.  Either you want her to speak up politically or you don’t. Pick one. 

if trump and jr both do not use cocaine i will eat my hat.

Sigh....