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Re:YouTube bans Steve Bannon's podcast channel by ryandrake on Monday January 11, 2021 @12:00AM (#25724737)
> I am just explaining the psychology of how people can get swept up in the fervor of crowds.

So, “Whoopsie! I accidentally entered the Capitol through that broken window and got peer pressured right into the Senate?”

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Re:YouTube bans Steve Bannon's podcast channel by pixl97 on Monday January 11, 2021 @12:06AM (#25724782)
"Oops, I may have committed some light treason"
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Re:YouTube bans Steve Bannon's podcast channel by 8note on Monday January 11, 2021 @01:20AM (#25725325)
People do get dumb in mobs, so that could be true
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Re:YouTube bans Steve Bannon's podcast channel by redisman on Monday January 11, 2021 @02:31AM (#25725838)
It’s pretty wild that statements like “people do dumb things in mobs” are controversial depending on the prism people are looking through
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Re:YouTube bans Steve Bannon's podcast channel by jusssi on Monday January 11, 2021 @03:18AM (#25726159)
Alcohol makes some people aggressive. The right solution, for those people, is to not drink alcohol. And "but I was drunk" is not considered a valid defense.

Maybe the same standard should be applied to people who decide to join a mob, if we're assuming they're not dumb already before joining one.

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