Thread: Is it ever okay to condemn a book without even attempting to read it?
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Old 08-13-2017, 05:29 AM   #94
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Originally Posted by darryl View Post
http://www.vulture.com/2017/08/the-t...a-twitter.html

I originally came across this link on a well known blog. It makes disturbing reading. Not only were negative reviews posted by people who openly acknowledged they had not read the book, but some commenting on the article were prepared to pronounce the original criticisms valid without reading the book, placing reliance on "trusted" sources on Twitter. Personally I doubt these trusted sources had themselves read the book.

Am I alone in being absolutely appalled by this?
Twitter, Reddit, Facebook have a place in this world but I am proud to say not particularly for me. They do have a place in our life, if only to let us know which street or alley the mob is rampaging through so we can avoid those dark dangerous streets, but it is enough to note the trends second hand via the "NEWS" and not risk contagion ourselves.

[To be able to make statements like that is why I am usually anonymous online.]
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