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“Historian Francis Parker simplistically summed up the situation when he said, “Spanish civilization crushed the Indian; English civilization scorned and neglected him; French civilization embraced and cherished him.”6 It”
― Todd Shaw, Uneven Roads: An Introduction to U.S. Racial and Ethnic Politics

“Empathy always plays a distinct role in propaganda, explicitly asking the viewers to feel the suffering of the enemy’s victims and calling on them to respond with condemnation and moral outrage.”
― Tobias Rose-Stockwell, Outrage Machine: How Tech Amplifies Discontent, Disrupts Democracy—And What We Can Do About It

“But what happens next is worse: context creep. Those who’re most offended by this initial post want to share it with others, and in doing so they inject it with their own editorial bent. Something that was already taken out of its original context is now placed in an entirely new one.”
― Tobias Rose-Stockwell, Outrage Machine: How Tech Amplifies Discontent, Disrupts Democracy—And What We Can Do About It

“These trigger-chains of moral retribution are beneficial to each of the propagators: They’re financially beneficial to news organizations, which can ensure ad clicks on a trending story. They are beneficial to the platforms that keep us cringing at Bob’s fate, because they keep us glued to our feeds. They’re beneficial for individual users who reshare the post, who increase their follower count and burnish their reputations.”
― Tobias Rose-Stockwell, Outrage Machine: How Tech Amplifies Discontent, Disrupts Democracy—And What We Can Do About It