Society has lost all concept of what is truly important and what isn't. Sadly, we've also become desensitized to the absurdity and Twitter, while a useful tool in many respects, serves as a conduit through which that absurdity proliferates unchecked.
The Free Beacon summarized Wednesday's social-media spat between New York Times columnist Anand Giridharadas and the Washington Post's Dave Weigel. What ensues is nothing short of pathetic:
When New York Times columnist and MSNBC contributor Anand Giridharadas made an appearance on "All In with Chris Hayes," the Washington Post‘s Dave Weigel cracked wise about Giridharadas' unique hairstyle.
The Fifth Element is a 1997 science fiction film depicting a future in which loud and outrageous hairdos are common. Several main characters including Gary Oldman's Jean-Baptiste Emanuel Zorg and Chris Tucker's Ruby Rhod sport unusual haircuts.
But Giridharadas accused Weigel of making fun of him because of his Indian ethnicity, even complaining to Weigel's boss.
@daveweigel Dear @daveweigel, I'm not an alien. I'm just brown & look different from you. Sad that an appearance troll covers politics @washingtonpost. pic.twitter.com/BDMAVEtGig
— Anand Giridharadas (@AnandWrites) April 12, 2017
@daveweigel @washingtonpost Dear @PostBaron: America is tense enough right now without white @washingtonpost reporters going around calling writers of color aliens.
— Anand Giridharadas (@AnandWrites) April 12, 2017
Weigel insisted that he was only mocking Giridharadas' hair. In a tweet he later deleted, he accused Giridharadas of bordering on libel.
This is what the Left is focused on - complete lack of substance and faux outrage. Meanwhile, when it comes to the issues liberals should truly be caring about, they're nowhere to be found.
