You Did NOT Just Call Me That!
Source: Police look for victim in body-shaming photo taken by Playboy model at L.A. gym – LA Times
It’s as if an entire bloc of people are living in a protected bubble with nary a link to the outside world. These are people for whom life is lived virtually, where the things that are truly meaningful are linked to what is portrayed of them on the six inch screen.
The proliferation of smart phones, apps and social media platforms has transmogrified western culture into a self indulgent, narcissistic generation of Peter Pans. If we could only get the ISIS tribe on board this faux world of false praise and paper thin sensibilities, we wouldn’t have to go after them with bullets. A few well placed insults or provocative selfies and they’d all come undone just like the snowflakes and sensitive flowers that now populate the west.
It may be welcome respite for the police to chase down the sinister crimes of name calling rather than worry about hate groups threatening their lives on a daily basis, but there are some who think this may be a waste of resources. It parallels worrying about how to get the caramel in a caramilk bar while engaged in a gun battle with thugs. And yet, a segment of the populace thinks that this is a good use of police resources.
It may be worthwhile for the US military to consider using a new tack when dealing with terrorists of all stripes. Give them cell phones complete with twitter and facebook accounts. Then start calling them names and bodyshaming them and display it all as publicly as possible. In very short order, they’ll abandon the notion of real violence for the more important world of virtual violence. Mass killings are so impersonal; far better to inflict biting insults and micro-aggressions on your enemies.