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Originally Posted by curves2000
I know this is a long post but what I am loving now is how everything is getting muddier by the day cause we don't know what the hell is going on. Everybody thinks their answers are the best until somebody gives them their version or opinion on the events. It's gotten to be madness all around and a bunch of people who assured everybody chaos wouldn't ensue, everybody knows the rules, are all nowhere to be found.
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We've obviously in a period of change and confusion around social norms. Some of it is a corrective of predatory behaviour by men. Some of it is a resurgent culture of conformity and shaming - though coming progressives and not conservatives this time around. And then you have the distorting effects of social media. The questions are:
- How can you have social norms when there's nothing close to consensus on what those norms are?
- How do we establish the truth in a social media environment where allegations can be made without any vetting, and where outrage and calls for action arise in a matter of hours?
- What response do we want for transgressions that fall short of criminal behaviour? Do we even have the capacity to make distinctions and apply proportionality, when the only social sanctions at our disposal seem to be public shaming and consequent total destruction of professional and social standing?