How to reduce the internet mob problem:
Step 1: @nytimes does NOT fire @sarahjeong
Step 2: We all agree that, from now on, no organization shall fire anyone if a mob is demanding the firing, especially if it's because of... tweets.
Social media messes with our moral matrices.
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Absolutely, if we can convince
@voxdotcom and@HuffPost never to stir up online lynch mobs. If they respect that detente for a solid year, then conservatives, centrists, and libertarians might take it seriously and do the same.23 replies 51 retweets 485 likes -
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Why are you are putting the onus only on Vox and HuffPost when there are a hundred other entities also culpable (you included)?
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They're, like, examples. Examples of media outlets that would probably, realistically, never give up monetizing social justice outrage clickbait and stirring up online hate mobs.
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I agree with you that they are unlikely to stop monetizing that kind of outrage. And I agree it is very toxic. So then why make the cessation of your own (or conservatives’, centrists’, and libertarians’) version of stirring outrage contingent on theirs? Why not lead by example?
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Many centrists have tried leading by example, and it just doesn't make any difference. Time for the Left to get its moral act together.
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