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Re:Update from Chef by mempko on Monday September 23, 2019 @06:41PM (#21054559)
Why are mob decisions irrational ? I feel this is just an irrational idea people have without any evidence to back it up.
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Re:Update from Chef by tomnipotent on Monday September 23, 2019 @11:40PM (#21056279)
The Red Score. Salem Witch Trials. Lynchings in the American South. Kristallnacht. Astor Place Riot.

Please give a counter example so we have evidence to back it up to the contrary.

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Re:Update from Chef by jcklpe on Tuesday September 24, 2019 @12:29AM (#21056574)
Stonewall Riots. Boston Tea Party. Battle of Blair Mountain. Young Patriots and their “Rainbow Coalition”. If you have not heard of all of these then ask yourself this simple question:

"Why not?"

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Re:Update from Chef by tomnipotent on Tuesday September 24, 2019 @02:17AM (#21057070)
These are examples of civil disobedience, in which the persecuted fought back against injustice. Next difference is that the outcomes were favorable for the victims, not so much for some innocent Massachusetts colonists.
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