Here's a word we need in 2019: Lapidation. An old word for stoning someone to death. @CassSunstein proposes we use it for virtual stonings -- outrage mobs that ruin reputations and lives, with little regard for truth or proportion.https://www.bloomberg.com/opinion/articles/2019-05-23/harvard-professor-falls-victim-to-group-outrage …
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You seem to have survived it, and I will probably provoke such a mob someday. Do you have any tips on how to deal with it?
The high bit is to realize how little the mob actually cares. Even the people who take the time to say something nasty probably only spent a minute thinking about it. So while it feels overwhelming to be on the receiving end, that's mostly an illusion.
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Is there a name for this unsolicited gatekeeping behavior? I have seen it twice in the last two days, but I don't recall anything like it on the usual lists of fallacies.
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