What does the fable of the little boy who cried wolf have in common with fake hate crimes? Eventually, no one believes the accusations. And what is with this bizarre need that some people have for notoriety, regardless of the risk of betraying themselves as narcissistic buffoons when their lies are revealed? I suppose the blame can be laid on the ubiquity of social media, but in the end people who need attention so badly they will be-clown themselves, or worse, to get it indicates pathological neuroticism and a culture empty of self-worth. I wish the evil genie of social media could somehow be forced back into its bottle and launched into a fiery volcano. Maybe then we could hope for some degree of reasonable normalcy to return.
What does the fable of the little boy who cried wolf have in common with fake hate crimes? Eventually, no one believes the accusations. And what is with this bizarre need that some people have for notoriety, regardless of the risk of betraying themselves as narcissistic buffoons when their lies are revealed? I suppose the blame can be laid on the ubiquity of social media, but in the end people who need attention so badly they will be-clown themselves, or worse, to get it indicates pathological neuroticism and a culture empty of self-worth. I wish the evil genie of social media could somehow be forced back into its bottle and launched into a fiery volcano. Maybe then we could hope for some degree of reasonable normalcy to return.