RacistsGettingFired.tumblr.com
is a website, that induced a number of photos and screenshots of comments
posted by people in response to the Michael Brown case that has been which has
been on the spotlight for quite some time now. The ultimate goal of this
website is to track down outspoken racists posts, and then upload their hate
speech to their employers’ social media, looking for discipline.
The big question is whether cyber
vigilantism is ethical or productive for a society trying to overcome bigotry.
Ideally, the end-goal should be to educate these people and steer them away
from their ignorance. Bringing wisdom to Internet jerks proves to be an arduous
task, and to go so far in the opposite direction causes problems.
In the long run, someone will be
wrongfully accused or framed, and in the process publicly destroyed, which
could lead to having the supposedly racist perpetrator take his own life. Is
that the breaking point people are looking for, in order to find more positive
and constructive ways to fight injustice?
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