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Re:Joi Ito Resigns from M.I.T. Media Lab After Outcry over J... by ritchiea on Sunday September 08, 2019 @12:05PM (#20911335)
So not taking donations from a felon convicted of sex trafficking and not going to his dinner parties and showing concern for young women from poor countries he keeps around him is being a deranged mob now?
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Re:Joi Ito Resigns from M.I.T. Media Lab After Outcry over J... by andrewflnr on Sunday September 08, 2019 @06:31PM (#20913826)
No. I was trying to make a broader point about how we should conduct public discussions. We have a responsibility to about jumping to unwarranted conclusions, and devil's advocates help with that.

Now, making straw men of anyone who dares espouse anything less than full belief in the guilt of the accused, that's definitely a deranged mob kind of thing to do. People assuming the worst about others' motives is the dominant reason we can't have nice things.

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