I am going to tell you that the closer these people are to you—as a friend, or as a member of a similarly situated class—such as having the same gender, age, politics, sexuality, what have you—the more likely they will turn against you
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—and the more damaging they will become when they do.' Janice Harper, Mobbed!: What to Do When They Really Are Out to Get You
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Of strong relevance to the Steven Galloway case, and indeed many other instances of behaviour in institutions and online. There is nothing so frightening as people who believe they alone are in possession of the good.
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Or, worse, when they know they are lying and in the wrong, but double-down rather than admit they fabricated a terrible story or ignored the facts. People need to be braver in standing up to mobbing and to those who would seek to impose authority by claiming victimhood.
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