The Evolution of Opinions Online and "Statementese"

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🗓️ 31 October 2023

⏱️ 17 minutes

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Why beauty brands to universities tell you where they stand.

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0:00.0	This is on the Media's midweek podcast.
0:03.4	I'm Brooke Gladstone, and trying to navigate the internet in the midst of war.
0:08.6	You might have noticed a pervasive feature, the urgent call to take a public stand.
0:15.2	The New York Times illustrated the trend in the form of a montage.
0:19.2	If you're a human being and you're not outraged by this, that is a serious problem.
0:26.2	Where is your humanity?
0:27.2	You're going to have to pick a side.
0:29.2	You're all equivocating this.
0:30.9	And your silence is deafening.
0:32.5	You got to pick that.
0:33.6	You better pick that.
0:34.6	I don't know how you can sit there and say, I don't support either side.
0:39.6	What's your opinion on the war in the Middle East?
0:43.2	I'm afraid I'm going to have to insist on an answer.
0:47.8	So many people, corporations and industries have put their stakes in the ground all over
0:53.5	the internet.
0:54.5	Statements have poured in from pretty much every direction to comment on the Hamas attack
1:00.2	and the war that's followed, including Amazon, American Eagle, the NFL, and even local fitness
1:06.6	studios.
1:07.6	The University of Florida president issuing a viral statement saying in part quote, there
1:11.9	is no defense for terrorism.
1:13.9	This shouldn't be hard.
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