David Sirota: Addicted to Fake Outrage

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“.. one thing is painfully obvious after Michael Phelps’ marijuana “scandal” erupted last week: Our society is addicted to fake outrage – and to break our dependence, we’re going to need far more potent medicine than the herb Phelps was smoking …As with most explosions of fake outrage, the Phelps affair asks us to feign anger at something we know is commonplace” – Sirota

 

 

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