Post by Logan on Jun 13, 2016 19:46:03 GMT -6
Reaction to Patrick’s Tweet is Based on a History of Hostility
You probably can’t believe Dan Patrick posted that Bible verse on Sunday morning, one that seemed to place the blame on the victims minutes after a mass killing in Orlando.
None of that matters much now; Patrick has been basting over an internet blaze ever since. Rightly or wrongly, the troops in the culture and political wars lined up and spent their Sunday afternoons whaling on each other on Twitter and Facebook.
In this turbulent political year, we don’t come together over tragic news — we come apart. This is what we do with the energy that might be applied to a problem: bitch at each other on social media.
Patrick is a prominent and easy target, and he can only blame himself. His problem isn’t his intent; his problem is that his other actions of late made his critics’ worst suspicions plausible.
Read more: www.texastribune.org/2016/06/13/analysis-reaction-patricks-tweet-based-history-hos/