baratunde on I'm Baratunde Thurston, new co-host of TakePart Live on Pivot TV (and still author of How To Be Black / cofounder of Cultivated Wit). AMA!! - http://www.reddit.com/r...
"I do think there's a tonal shift in social media where the instant hyper reaction can drown out the assumption of goodwill. Flash groups of anger and judgment trump a more thoughtful response. I also think what I did with Swine Flu was a bit lucky in that the hype around swine flu was so much greater than the actual viral impact. If thousands had been dying, people may have reacted more negatively even back then, and I might have stopped sooner. There is humor in the over-reaction to Ebola, for sure. It's just a delicate act to dive in there and not be targeting people who are already victims. But Chris Christie and the goons selling fake Ebola cures. They're just asking for it." - @baratunde