History Memes

Is this better?

It has come increasingly to my attention—through various social media platforms, conversations, and the general hum of the digital discourse—that there appears to be, quite paradoxically and somewhat disproportionately, a significantly higher volume of individuals expressing their frustration, disapproval, and/or bewilderment at the sheer number of other individuals who are themselves expressing outrage, concern, or condemnation over what is alleged to be, though perhaps not thoroughly substantiated in every case, American Eagle’s supposed alignment with or support of eugenics-related ideologies or policies, than there are individuals who are actually, directly, and unambiguously voicing said original outrage or concern over American Eagle’s alleged involvement in or endorsement of anything remotely connected to eugenics, thereby creating a situation wherein the meta-outrage—that is, the outrage about the outrage—has seemingly eclipsed the primary outrage itself, forming a surreal loop of discourse where the reaction to the reaction becomes more prominent than the inciting incident, which may or may not have even been widely observed in the first place.

In my defense it was like 1am when I wrote it and I was very sleepy