You can't shame or humiliate modern celebrities. What used to be called shame and humiliation is now called publicity. And forget traditional charact… - P. J. O'Rourke

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You can't shame or humiliate modern celebrities. What used to be called shame and humiliation is now called publicity. And forget traditional character assassination; if you say a modern celebrity is an adulterer, a pervert and a drug addict, all it means is that you've read his autobiography.

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About P. J. O'Rourke

Patrick Jake O'Rourke (14 November 1947 – 14 February 2022) was an American political satirist, most often known as P. J. O'Rourke.

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