Peter Bart: Perpetrators And Punishment In The Age Of Anxiety, Twitter & Time’s Up

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First, a reality check: We are living in a state of social and sexual angst, and nothing can be written about it without further raising the tension level.

Everyone seems permanently pissed off.I find myself thus avoiding these topics, but certain mundane questions still nag at me.

Who actually takes the time to dredge up decrepit podcasts or idiot tweets? Where do you find them? Every once in a while I dimly remember some faux pas from the past – some involving onetime colleagues – but I try to forget them, not relive them.

OK, that might be a character flaw (see below).Kevin Hart famously compared public apologies to peeling an onion – you keep peeling and crying but no one notices.