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by shiftpgdn 4542 days ago
Because there is now a culture of co-opting or manufacturing outrage as part of some sort of ridiculous social justice movement. Unfortunately twitter, tumbler, etc gives idiots a loud mouthpiece for things like this when previously they would have just been ignored.
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What if your local football team was trying to recruit more technically minded people and tweeted this:

    YO GEEKTARDS: y u nerds no apply yet? only 6 days left!
Would it be 'manufacturing outrage' if you made a comment about that not being the best way to go about things?
Wouldn't offend me, but I wouldn't expect them to get many applications either.