What Harambe the gorilla tells us about our culture
2:17 PM, MAY 31, 2016 173 COMMENTS
Over Memorial Day weekend, the internet has been exploding with comments, articles, and rants related to the death of Harambe, the 17-year-old silverback gorilla at the Cincinnati Zoo.
While the entire situation was harrowing, terrifying, and tragic, what many of these vocalized opinions reveal about our culture is infinitely troubling.
There’s not a legitimate debate over whether the little boy who crawled and fell into Harambe’s habitat would have died if the gorilla hadn’t been shot. CNN reported:
http://liveactionnews.org/harambe-gorilla-tells-us-about-our-culture/