No criminal charges were filed, but the student who punched another student for holding a pro-ICE sign at Lake Zurich High School last week received a two-day suspension and is back in class.
Even when we say “This guy is an asshat and we should all ignore him,” we are giving the asshat some attention, which was his goal all along. It’s actually not possible to arrange a coordinated response that doesn’t give the asshat what he wants, because a coordinated response requires many people to understand the identity and nature of the asshat. Which is what he wants.
That’s what I mean by “the tragedy of the attention economy.”
Idk man, i forgot his name since i commented. Fast news cycle cuts both directions. Visuals and memes have a little bit more lasting impact. Punch nazis kid is much easier to remember.
Idk what you mean. I’d rather remember a good person. If his goal was attention then he failed utterly as the other kid got the credit
Even when we say “This guy is an asshat and we should all ignore him,” we are giving the asshat some attention, which was his goal all along. It’s actually not possible to arrange a coordinated response that doesn’t give the asshat what he wants, because a coordinated response requires many people to understand the identity and nature of the asshat. Which is what he wants.
That’s what I mean by “the tragedy of the attention economy.”
Idk man, i forgot his name since i commented. Fast news cycle cuts both directions. Visuals and memes have a little bit more lasting impact. Punch nazis kid is much easier to remember.
I think his name was Spuds Mackenzie.