Interesting read. I feel sorry for Sacco--and I vaguely recall taking a bit of joy watching her descent into this hell she's found herself in.
The shaming happens locally, too. Just two weeks ago, people in Calgary were publicly shaming kids climbing on the ice on the Bow, via Twitter. The first two people I noticed doing it had something to gain--one being a Calgary Herald employee, and the other, a local blogger whose 'fame' baffles me.
Just dial 911 and move on.
But nope. instead, these kids were in a sense used to bolster one's presence on social media, and things blew up from there. I never really thought much of it at the time, but now I don't like it.
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