Re: NYTimes.com: Why We Call Things ‘Por n ’

[Heather Howard <http://www.gmail.com/~hhoward40>]

True that.  Sometimes I do feel overwhelmed by my moral outrage but it always 
helps to do something concrete about it.

> On Jul 27, 2019, at 11:21 AM, Christie Sanam <http://www.gmail.com/~chrisstie> wrote:
> Heather I know you do a lot to act on your moral outrage. Does that make you 
> a moral outrage porn star? 🤪
> 
> I feel the article misses the influencer concept of social media where 
> speaking out against what makes you upset helps you to influence others (or 
> potentially shout out in an echo chamber, we don’t really know if others 
> integrate our shared sentiments after browsing social media) I’m sure 
> social media giants and their data lakes may have some insight into that if 
> they tie together user data profiles in some relationship to the articles 
> they post 
> 
> Donating to the ACLU, helping refugees with translation, showing up and being 
> present for marches and rallies - all these small acts within your capacity 
> add up to a lot more than “righteous indignation” as described by that 
> article 
>