Tampa Bay Times - Celebrity gaffes and actual evils roll past together on the news feed, each pleading for attention and emotional investment with the same voice. In January, Islamic extremists attacked the offices of French satirical weekly Charlie Hebdo, killing 11 people. The horrifying murders touched off a lengthy back-and-forth about Charlie Hebdo's legacy, with some expressing outrage that the magazine used racist imagery and others outraged that anyone would say the imagery was racist. In July, Sheriff Tom Dart of Chicago was outraged that, according to him (based on no real evidence), Backpage.com was promoting human trafficking with ads for adult services. In September, Monica Foy, a student at Sam Houston State University, wrote an insensitive tweet to her 20 followers about the shooting of a police officer. The controversy erupted because administrators sent a memo advising students not to wear racially insensitive costumes; then a lecturer questioned the need for the memo; next, studen
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