Why the Age of Outrage is diluting the

Claire Lehmann, editor of online publication Quilette, tells Charles Wooley the ‘Age of Outrage’ can be linked to “incentivising the display of victimhood” – where individuals are outraged on behalf of another person whose identity group they relate to.

Claire believes that social media movements such as the #MeToo campaign are actually diluted through this behaviour.

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