Unless you can change human nature, or take away everyone’s anonymity on the web, it will never happen. The same phenomenon (Do dooo dee doo doo) occurred BEFORE the internet, but then it was known as “mob mentality”. If you had enough people around you, you became another part of the crowd, rather than an individual. As such, whatever you did was attributed to the crowd, rather than to you. The fallout from the Jan 6 riot in D.C. is proving that technology may trump (see what I did there?) mob mentality. The individuals from the group are being sought out and prosecuted separately. I’m wondering why this technique wasn’t employed during the civil unrest this past year. (Yes, “civil unrest”. While the protests were about racial discrimination, the riots were about civil disobedience. let’s not combine the two. The former only provided an opportunity for the latter.)
TwilightFaze about 3 years ago
Now THAT’S a cause I can get behind!!
batmanwithprep about 3 years ago
Make Internet SANE Again
Meg: All Seriousness Aside about 3 years ago
Once upon a time, it was a friendly and safe place. The worst thing was the college pukes who didn’t know what they were doing. Then came AOL.
Kirk Barnes Premium Member about 3 years ago
Unless you can change human nature, or take away everyone’s anonymity on the web, it will never happen. The same phenomenon (Do dooo dee doo doo) occurred BEFORE the internet, but then it was known as “mob mentality”. If you had enough people around you, you became another part of the crowd, rather than an individual. As such, whatever you did was attributed to the crowd, rather than to you. The fallout from the Jan 6 riot in D.C. is proving that technology may trump (see what I did there?) mob mentality. The individuals from the group are being sought out and prosecuted separately. I’m wondering why this technique wasn’t employed during the civil unrest this past year. (Yes, “civil unrest”. While the protests were about racial discrimination, the riots were about civil disobedience. let’s not combine the two. The former only provided an opportunity for the latter.)
Michael G. about 3 years ago
“Misa” is also the Spanish word for “mass” in its churchy sense. ;-)
tcayer about 3 years ago
Liberals spew more hate than anyone! Talk about intolerance. Anyone who disagrees is racist or bigoted.
whiplash44 about 3 years ago
All you have to do is look at the tea party, the neocons, the proud boys, the trumplicans to see none of these people fit the racist, bigoted label.