When it turned out he wasn't, it wouldn't have been the end of the world. We'd have been laughing with him. No damage done.
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Replying to @HPluckrose @TamaraBrouwer1
Instead, he was reduced to tears, contemplated suicide & felt compelled to resign because of the unreasoning rage & demands for punishment.
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When that happened and I saw the hashtag, I thought 'Yes, they're getting it right. They're making this outdated attitude laughable'.
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This is meaningful. People will see the problem. But then the calls for punishment started & a witchhunt & all meaning was lost.
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People love a good witch hunt. I often say we haven't changed much in our moral attitude towards people. Few agree with me on this.
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Replying to @TamaraBrouwer1 @HPluckrose
But I think all that has changed is our attitude towards certain social practices.
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Yes, the same attitude pops up in different scenarios in different times and places. The Mashall Khan murder & the campus mob hysteria?
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Replying to @HPluckrose @TamaraBrouwer1
Same righteous rage underlying it all and mob mentality bringing it into dangerous action.
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Yes. Humans can turn dangerous in groups. Yet on their own those same people can be caring loving people.
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Replying to @TamaraBrouwer1
Yes, exactly. They get caught up in this righteous fury & are emboldened by each other. The more normalised this is, the more it grows.
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In Pakistan, this is common. Here we see the seeds & its very recent. We need to find a way to stop this gaining more confidence &legitimacy
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Yes. We can reduce this phenomenon. I agree. It has been getting out of hand.
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