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One way to view modern outrage is that our mobs are driving the cost of discussing off-narrative reality in public by driving *private* costs.
Threaten our fragile institutions, and the response comes back personal.
One way to view modern outrage is that our mobs are driving the cost of discussing off-narrative reality in public by driving *private* costs.
Threaten our fragile institutions, and the response comes back personal.
That’s actually very weird. Why would pointing out a problem w/ a political party, tech platform or newspaper earn a response about individual appearance or personal moral fitness? Yet that is what happens. Allege a problem in political economy, you get your dress sense insulted.
Weirdly, it’s like GM digging for dirt on Ralph Nader back in the day.
Moral: if you are saying something disruptive, It may be that relentless accounts personally attacking you semi-anonymously are motivated by simple self-preservation of an institution:
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Moral: if you are saying something disruptive, It may be that relentless accounts personally attacking you semi-anonymously are motivated by simple self-preservation of an institution:
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Are you disgruntled? Controversial? Gritting? Pwned? Cancelled? Dunning-Kruger?
Are semi anonymous accounts ROTFL at you? Do you get a lot of hate that looks suspiciously similar? All at once? Consider that not all of it is real. There are very few tricks left that can stop you.
Are semi anonymous accounts ROTFL at you? Do you get a lot of hate that looks suspiciously similar? All at once? Consider that not all of it is real. There are very few tricks left that can stop you.
