That’s factually false. Nobody who matters in any meaningful way wants to “destroy” Northam. He needs to resign as governor because he can’t effectively govern a diverse state after this. But nobody is saying he can’t continue to be a physician or to do other public service.
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Your “social media mobs” rant was certainly not an argument - not a *relevant* argument at least (anything can be called an argument without that qualification). You (and
@Metamagician) are making a category error.
My social media mobs rant was part of a claim, which I can back up by providing evidence. Start with Dan Arel's feed, and go from there. It forms part of an *argument*. Your rejoinder needed to be an argument, but it wasn't - it was just a rheotorical move.
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20% of Virginians are African Americans, and an overwhelming majority of them voted for Northam. Also, an overwhelming majority of them are not on Twitter, but I challenge you to find more than a handful who think this is OK or not relevant for their vote.
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But that's not what I'm talking about (and it's not what Russell is talking about). We're talking about the outraged social media reaction, that inevitably feeds into the wider debate in a way that almost guarantees an injustice will occur.
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But your “social media” focus is absurd. None of this issue is social-media driven (unless you count yearbooks as “social media” which would admittedly be defensible). Besides, social media is about the only place you’ll find people *defending* Northam.
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