Scorn Or Tolerence In Cyberspace
The so-called "macaca moment" in which former Sen. George Allen , R-Va., called his opponent's volunteer a name on video was mentioned so many times at an online political conference sponsored by George Washington University's Institute for the Internet, Politics and Democracy that panelists joked they were playing Bingo. A panelist threw the word in out of context during a discussion on campaign databases, saying he was trying to help a friend win the game.
But during an earlier panel, when macaca was mentioned, the deputy editor of Slate. com, David Plotz, said he hoped it would lead to greater tolerance "for people saying something stupid and allowing people to be more human.
Jeff Jarvis, who runs the BuzzMachine and techPresident blogs, said that acceptance can only come if bloggers do not go crazy over macaca moments and fuel them.
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