The mob is the main enemy of free speech. But in criticizing the mob, one usually just rehashes the Doctrine of the Preferred First Speaker.
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Replying to @simplic10
Even if you point out to the 2nd speakers that they're part of a mob, what is a mob but a community with an informal norm *you don't like*?
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Replying to @simplic10
No principled way out of this mess. Unprincipled way is to have good judgement, be good at casuistry, know when to lay down the pitchfork.
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@simplic10 currently feeling smug about taking your advice re: dogpiling and not saying anything about sabrina erdely2 replies 0 retweets 4 likes -
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@sarahdoingthing@simplic10 My solutions: 1) cultivated hopelessness 2) actually reading the link first1 reply 0 retweets 3 likes
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@St_Rev @simplic10 that's cheating
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