Social media can be useful as a browseable depository of human knowledge and news. Other times it’s a swirling maelstrom of profound stupidity.
Based on the outrage directed my way, I could have made broad statements about the average person who is a passionate supporter of Lady Gaga and concluded that the singer’s fans are disproportionately angry and unhinged people. Conceivably, I could’ve labeled them “Lady Gaga Loonies” and written a hasty think piece theorizing that there’s something inherent in the music of Lady Gaga that inspires a mob of millennials to harass people online. “Lady Gaga fans are Little Monsters After All” would’ve made a fine headline. But making sweeping generalizations about hundreds of thousands of people would count as irresponsible journalism.
The Intercept‘s Glenn Greenwald believes Bernie Bros are being used as a prop by Clinton supporters to discredit Sanders based on some examples of his worst disciples.
