"One of the saddest things about these heartless reactions is that none of it is exceptional or surprising. Online rhetoric has become so bombastic that we are becoming immune to hate speech and threats. Someone declaring that the robbers would have done the world a favor by harming Kim is met with a simple “LOL.”...
People loathe Kim, as if she isn’t an actual person, but merely a symbolic larger-than-life stand-in for the deterioration of American society. What these people don’t realize is that their readiness to hate and rejoice in the misfortunes experienced by a woman — famous or otherwise — is a far more precise indication of the deterioration of American society than a single Kardashian could ever be."
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