That is a really good article. Oddly well balanced, veering at times one direction or another, then correcting. Coulda been tightened up a bit... but if that's my only criticism, that's pretty high praise!
<echar...@american.edu> On Tue, Sep 14, 2021 at 4:33 AM ⛧ glen <geprope...@gmail.com> wrote: > The New Puritans > > https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2021/10/new-puritans-mob-justice-canceled/619818/ > > Steps extracted: > 1) you divide your acquaintances into heroes, villains, and > good-but-useless. > 2) you can't continue in your (admittedly "successful") learned behaviors > (career, etc.). > 3) you obsess that everyone hates you and apologize, even if you feel you > did nothing wrong; and your apology is rejected. > 4) people investigate you, confirming your persecution complex by > anonymous proceedings controlled by people you think hold grudges against > you. > > And I suppose 5) you grapple with what to do after the episode (e.g. > become a Free Speech Warrior - FSW or move on). > > -- > glen ⛧ > > - .... . -..-. . -. -.. -..-. .. ... -..-. .... . .-. . > FRIAM Applied Complexity Group listserv > Zoom Fridays 9:30a-12p Mtn GMT-6 bit.ly/virtualfriam > un/subscribe http://redfish.com/mailman/listinfo/friam_redfish.com > FRIAM-COMIC http://friam-comic.blogspot.com/ > archives: http://friam.471366.n2.nabble.com/ >
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