Website commenter jerks: Not just a local phenomenon

admin · 08-25-2011, 03:31 PM

The comments section on newspaper websites can be a cesspool of proud know-nothingism, gratuitous nastiness and flat-out racism (thankfully, our major local example of that has been much more diligent of late when it comes to getting rid of the worst stuff, though we still don't know how Jarvis DeBerry stands it). But pig-ignorant commenters on newspaper websites is not at all a local phenomenon, as evidenced by this Los Angeles Times story about the death of Treme actor Michael Showers.? [ Read more ]

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08-25-2011, 03:31 PM	#1
admin Site Admin Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: New Orleans Posts: 11,971 Blog Entries: 2	Website commenter jerks: Not just a local phenomenon The comments section on newspaper websites can be a cesspool of proud know-nothingism, gratuitous nastiness and flat-out racism (thankfully, our major local example of that has been much more diligent of late when it comes to getting rid of the worst stuff, though we still don't know how Jarvis DeBerry stands it). But pig-ignorant commenters on newspaper websites is not at all a local phenomenon, as evidenced by this Los Angeles Times story about the death of Treme actor Michael Showers.? [ Read more ] [ Subscribe to the comments on this story ]