tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3972382144120426476.post1244475140166097199..comments2024-03-28T21:07:00.650-05:00Comments on Every goddamn day: 03/29/24: Rahm Emanuel, the New York Daily News, and "outrage porn"Neil Steinberghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11468057838260476480noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3972382144120426476.post-79962458341099372982017-07-07T16:18:27.877-05:002017-07-07T16:18:27.877-05:00Yes. He might have quoted Civil War general Phil S...Yes. He might have quoted Civil War general Phil Sheridan: "If I owned Texas and Hell, I would rent out Texas and live in Hell."<br /><br />TomTomhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09641357239788323783noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3972382144120426476.post-16891206361729166302017-07-07T14:38:56.697-05:002017-07-07T14:38:56.697-05:00"Outrage porn, like porn porn, is ultimately ..."Outrage porn, like porn porn, is ultimately deadening, boring." True, but the worst kind of porn is eagerly being soaked up right now by so many, and I'm speaking of "Trump porn". The most vile, offensive and untruthful "reality" has become believable. Now that is scary...<br /><br />SandyKAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3972382144120426476.post-79118734559612839062017-07-07T11:39:37.391-05:002017-07-07T11:39:37.391-05:00Emanuel can indeed be restrained. I remember when ...Emanuel can indeed be restrained. I remember when Rick Perry, then governor of Texas, came here to try to steal businesses. Emanuel refrained from tweeting, "Sure, go to Texas--just make sure you're not too close to any fertilizer plants!"Bitter Scribehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04645909858616987997noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3972382144120426476.post-88622906206923878562017-07-07T10:06:33.048-05:002017-07-07T10:06:33.048-05:00I can easily understand the appeal of "outrag...I can easily understand the appeal of "outrage porn," as I often find myself coming to conclusions about matters I know very little about -- "How can they do that shit!" is often my first response to a headline. Fortunately, I've reached an age where everything, including outrage, has slowed down and I generally find that the facts after the headline don't warrant my initial reaction. But, darn, it does feel so damned good to be so right when everybody else is so wrong.<br /><br />johntatehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10088632798195131329noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3972382144120426476.post-5045723363708683292017-07-07T05:41:53.313-05:002017-07-07T05:41:53.313-05:00Outrage porn: a product of tribalism in the inform...Outrage porn: a product of tribalism in the information age.Tony Galatihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11944671504245191140noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3972382144120426476.post-2766141514554365532017-07-07T00:32:56.094-05:002017-07-07T00:32:56.094-05:00The poor widdle snowflakes in NYC can't stand ...The poor widdle snowflakes in NYC can't stand when someone from another city tells the truth about their falling apart subway system.<br />CTA may be smaller, but at least the signal system works & we don't have many failures of the rolling stock. <br />Rahm was correct when he said you first fix what you already have before you expand the system. He's put the Far South Side extension of the Red Line on hold until the Far North Side existing Red Line is finally brought up to snuff, which it certainly isn't, considering all the slow zone north of Lawrence, with the extreme slow zone at Granville.Clark St.https://www.blogger.com/profile/09634234069783123180noreply@blogger.com