Welsh - Journalist | May 10, 1967 -
The phrase 'misuse of privilege' is becoming a free pass to tear apart pretty much anybody we choose to. It's becoming a devalued term, and it's making us lose our capacity for empathy and for distinguishing between serious and unserious transgressions.
Jon Ronson
EmpathyFreeChooseLoseSeriousUs
Maybe there's two types of people in the world: those people who favor humans over ideology, and those people who favor ideology over humans.
PeopleWorldTwoOverIdeologyWho
I just don't think I'm very good at fiction.
GoodThinkFictionJustVery
There was a kind of infiniteness to fiction that I found sort of... disconcerting. I remember having these really panicky thoughts, like, 'I can make this person say anything. I could make him do anything! I could put a jetpack onto his back and shoot him into space!' I don't like this feeling of having no rules.
SpaceThoughtsRememberBackRules
I really admire Nick Hornby - for example, the way that he can make ordinary stuff so beautiful!
BeautifulAdmireWayExampleStuff
I'm much more interested in looking at our own failings than going to some faraway place and looking at their failings, thus making us feel good about ourselves.
GoodFeel GoodLookingFeelPlace
In the midst of a burning-hot shaming, calling for patience and context and understanding and empathy can really land you in trouble.
PatienceEmpathyUnderstandingYou
I felt very strongly about the Ashley Madison thing. Of the 39 million people who signed up for Ashley Madison, only a tiny percentage of them actually had an affair. And I'd go a step further and say even if they did, it's none of our business, frankly.
BusinessStepPeopleGoSayUp
Everyone's constantly scrambling around trying to justify their own cruel behavior, trying to come up with psychological tricks to make themselves not feel bad.
BehaviorFeelTryingBadUpOwn
I consider myself a social justice person.
JusticeMyselfPersonSocial Justice
The world outside Twitter was great. I read books. I reconnected with people I knew from real life and met them for drinks in person. Then I drifted back on to Twitter.
LifeGreatPeopleWorldBackPerson
Shaming is powerful and useful. I'm living in New York, and my instinct is that, after the Black Lives Matter protests, which were organized on social media, the chance of there being another Eric Garner, choked to death in New York by an NYPD officer, has diminished.
DeathSocial MediaNew YorkChance
Copyright © 2024 QuotesDict Jon Ronson quotes