Casually pepper spraying cop

Buzzfeed's Matt Stopera is interviewed by NPR about the significance of the 'Casually Pepper Spraying Cop' meme. On the 'danger' that such humour might trivialise the whole event:

There is that danger, but Stopera makes the case that the news about what occurred at UC Davis is now reaching a whole new — and probably younger — audience. If they jump from Tumblr posts with funny or sarcastic images to search for news about what's going on, they end up learning about what happened. And, of course, it is a meme — which means it probably has a life of just another day or two. So if it does dissolve into the silly, it won't be for long.

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