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Originally Posted by flameswin
It's fascinating and scary as hell. I don't believe everyone should be empathetic to internet shaming in every case, but I also don't believe that the average person even fully understands how catastrophic and life ending a lot of these public shaming cases are.
You're right it really is a throwback to the old days. We spent years evolving in our punishment for crimes, and it's like social media came along and the general public went..
"Yeah state punishments are okay and all, but we found this new thing where we can just end someone's life as they know it when we come across something we don't agree with on our facebook feeds. So we're just going to do that from now on".
I really hate public shaming and honestly feel like those who love it and actively engage in it lack empathy. Or if they do have decent levels of empathy and therefore understand that more often than not you're destroying a life, yet still think it's okay, then good lord, I don't even know what to say.
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The people calling for his practice to fail aren't thinking of the people he employs. They'll be out of a job too, and they've done nothing wrong. I don't know how hard hygienist and receptionist jobs are to come by where he lives but that could be devastating.