It’s my understanding at a Cold Play concert they make sure the audience knows they could be on camera. This is a place you don’t want to be while doing something you don’t want to be known to the public at large. I haven’t been following this story beyond the man getting fired from his job.
The Ritual Shaming of the Woman at the Coldplay Concert
Submitted 3 days ago by Veneto@lemmy.world to mildlyinfuriating@lemmy.world
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RodgeGrabTheCat@sh.itjust.works 3 days ago
Ydna@lemmy.world 2 days ago
Don’t do the crime if you can’t do the time 🤷♂️
ecvanalog@lemmy.world 3 days ago
This is a strange article. Yes, women are subjected to unfair levels of scrutiny culturally, and yes, it’s entirely unacceptable that she has been receiving threats and harassment.
But first off, the article frames the death threats as on par with being parodied by a baseball mascot. That’s wild. The viral moment being joked about isn’t the same as harassment, and it’s disingenuous and weird to pretend it is.
Second, she is pretty clearly still downplaying this and not being honest — with the reporter, with herself, or both. “We weren’t an item at the time?” Get out of here with that.
atrielienz@lemmy.world 3 days ago
Here’s the thing. She knew. And while it’s none of my business, if you’re going to cheat, you gotta be prepared to be caught and shamed. Humans being what they are.
trxxruraxvr@lemmy.world 3 days ago
On some level I agree with you, but there’s a difference between the usual being caught and shamed and being publicly crucified on national television so people that you’ve never heard of recognize you and know what you did.
atrielienz@lemmy.world 3 days ago
If she were a celebrity would we feel the same?
Because really what it comes down to is she knowingly helped a high profile person cheat and got caught. I’m not saying she deserves it. I’m not saying it’s a good thing. To me this is on par with the whole Monica Lewinsky thing.
I personally bear this woman no ill will. But I also don’t really think we should be expected to have empathy for something she did to herself because she couldn’t think ahead to what the potential repercussions of her actions were.