The Anatomy of the Embarrassing Viral Road Rage Video
Dec 21, 2017 • Tim Henares
Recently, yet another video of an incident of road rage went viral, where a lady who was apparently cut by a taxi driver lashed out at said taxi driver, who may or may not have had a stroke while all this was going on…
It didn’t really matter who was right or wrong anymore, as quickly, the internet was out for the blood of the lady, who astutely decided to keep mum and deactivate her Facebook, before she ended up being on the receiving end of our brand of internet justice.
While not all embarrassing viral videos are created equal, here is the blueprint that makes this one up pretty handily…
8. A video taken out of full context.
You will notice, looking at the video, that in this instance, both the taxi driver and the lady have already moved from their initial position of confrontation, since instead of the taxi driver cutting the lady, her car now looks like it’s the one cutting the cabbie. Most netizens used only this part as their point of reference, and proceeded to draw judgments from there.
7. Only one party is behaving badly on camera.
While both parties clearly had problems, and while we should never tolerate the violence this lady resorted to, the video clearly depicts only her behaving in a manner not acceptable to the judgmental internet.
6. You either hear or can just imagine the side comments by the one taking the video.
Since more often than not, these instances of road rage are documented by bystanders than either of the participants, it’s almost a guarantee you would hear their take on the topic while their cameras are rolling. Really helps you draw your own conclusions.
5. Video is usually left with a “you be the judge” disclaimer.
Via Rappler
“You be the judge” here is an invitation for all of us to be assholes towards whomever the video taker deems to be at fault in the video.
