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Re:Mob justice is trampling democratic discourse by littlestymaar on Tuesday August 31, 2021 @01:35PM (#28371020)
The key word here is “large” I think. It's deeply irrational, but in front of people, discussion usually become a contest to assert one's status among the group, and it's just too hard to “surrender”.
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Re:Mob justice is trampling democratic discourse by babyblueblanket on Tuesday August 31, 2021 @03:00PM (#28372079)
But importantly, face-to-face doesn't do anything to mollify that, which is against what the GP says.
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Re:Mob justice is trampling democratic discourse by littlestymaar on Wednesday September 01, 2021 @03:56AM (#28377368)
Oh fortunately it does, people don't usually insult each other in real life at family events. Yes people are speaking louder and louder, and ends up using a ton of sophism and Ad hominem but that's it. On Twitter this is what a civil conversation looks like…
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