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So why did we do it? I think some people were genuinely upset,
我們為什么會做出這樣的行為的呢？依我之見，有的人確實是因為被冒犯了，
but I think for other people, it's because Twitter is basically a mutual approval machine.
但更多的人是因為推特本是個互相恭維的工具。
We surround ourselves with people who feel the same way we do,
我們只允許志同道合的人在周圍出現，
and we approve each other, and that's a really good feeling.
我們互相恭維，感覺好極了。
And if somebody gets in the way, we screen them out.
遇到意見不一的，我們就轟走他們。
And do you know what that's the opposite of? It's the opposite of democracy.
知道這種行為與什么對立嗎？與民主對立。
We wanted to show that we cared about people dying of AIDS in Africa.
我們想對非洲瀕臨死亡的艾滋病人表達關懷。
Our desire to be seen to be compassionate is what led us to commit this profoundly un-compassionate act.
我們太過急于表現自己的同情心，結果卻導致了如此缺乏同情心的舉動。
As Meghan O'Gieblyn wrote in the Boston Review, "This isn't social justice. It's a cathartic alternative."
像梅根·奧吉布林在《波士頓評論》上寫到：“這根本不是社會正義。這是一種宣泄。”
For the past three years, I've been going around the world meeting people like Justine Sacco
在過去的三年，我走遍世界，走訪多位和賈絲婷·薩科有一樣遭遇的人，
and believe me, there's a lot of people like Justine Sacco. There's more every day.
說實話，這樣的人還真不少。每天都有更多同樣遭遇的。
And we want to think they're fine, but they're not fine. The people I met were mangled.
我們都傾向于相信他們沒事，但事實并非如此。每一個人都深受傷害。
They talked to me about depression, and anxiety and insomnia and suicidal thoughts.
他們說自己感到抑郁，焦慮、失眠，甚至想過自殺。
One woman I talked to, who also told a joke that landed badly, she stayed home for a year and a half.
其中一位女士，也是因為開了個玩笑，最后悲劇收場，她把自己關在家里足足一年半。
Before that, she worked with adults with learning difficulties, and was apparently really good at her job.
之前她的職業是幫助有學習障礙的成年人，并且是個相當稱職的人。
