The furor over Sacco’s tweet had become not just an ideological crusade against her perceived bigotry but also a form of idle entertainment.
Before she even KNOWS she’s getting fired.” Employee in question currently unreachable on an intl flight.” The anger soon turned to excitement: “All I want for Christmas is to see face when her plane lands and she checks her inbox/voicemail” and “Oh man, is going to have the most painful phone-turning-on moment ever when her plane lands” and “We are about to watch this bitch get fired. Ever.” And then one from her employer, IAC, the corporate owner of The Daily Beast, OKCupid and Vimeo: “This is an outrageous, offensive comment. #AIDS can affect anyone!” and “I’m an IAC employee and I don’t want doing any communications on our behalf ever again. “In light of disgusting racist tweet, I’m donating to today” and “How did get a PR job?! Her level of racist ignorance belongs on Fox News. Sacco’s Twitter feed had become a horror show. 1 worldwide trend on Twitter right now,” she said. Then her phone exploded with more texts and alerts.
Then another text: “You need to call me immediately.” It was from her best friend, Hannah.
