We Know You Re Outraged But Do You Care

Did you notice that we live in an age of outrage? There was a book by that name published in 2008, and another book called Protecting Children in the Age of Outrage published five years later. Google just fetched up a couple of intriguing, recent, zeitgeisty headlines: “Comedy in the age of outrage: When jokes go too far” was one; “The Age of Outrage is Ruining Worthwhile Debates” was another.

Louisiana family’s Christmas photo card goes viral, sparks outrage  

This list could go on and on. That last story discussed a 16-year-old rich kid who drove drunk, killed four people, and got off easy. “And instantly, there was outrage,” said the CNN story: “How could someone kill and then avoid jail partly because he was spoiled?” Not anguish. Not anger. Not stinging sense of injustice. No, there was outrage. As in Whatever. Some folks got pissed.