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RE: One Day at a Time [April 8], in which columnist Ann Romano comments on the Twitter kerfuffle that erupted after comedian Trevor Noah was named Jon Stewart's successor on The Daily Show.

DEAR MERCURY—If Twitter were an "actual" person, it would be a power-drunk monster. Assuming the authority to proclaim what can and cannot be said, or what statements have been "justifiably called out" is gross. In today's niche-cause outrage culture, a "callout" skips the hard work of building a bridge of understanding through communication, empathy, and often attempts at humor, which is an inherently subjective concept...

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