Hilary Mantel om debattklimatet

Hilary Mantel intervjuas i Der Spiegel. Hon har sannerligen ingen brist på kryddstarka åsikter. Här en kommentar som tyder på att det man kan observera i svensk debatt tydligen inte är så unikt:

The quality of public discourse is low. There is a disposition in this country at the moment to take offense. It seems as if it’s become a hobby for people to wait around for someone to express an opinion they don’t like and then to react violently. There’s a bullying mood. I think that the Internet has something to with this. I’ve written on current affairs as a journalist and I know that abusive letters to the editors have always existed, even obscene letters. It’s just that the Internet makes it so much easier. It is rather frightening when you think about the depth of pathology out there.