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Originally Posted by PepsiFree
I've seen your justifications for the historical reference, but honestly, given that I was specifically talking about the reality of "the internet mob" in relation to corporate PR today, in 2020, it's fairly ridiculous.
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I don't think it's ridiculous, I think with the internet group think is even more dangerous - it can accelerate it.
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Originally Posted by PepsiFree
Or perhaps if you really want to go back 300 years to the Salem Witch Trials to illustrate the dangers of group think, we could just go back 100 years and use white people lynching Black people under Jim Crow to illustrate the dangers of Miller's racism and torturing of another individual being largely ignored by society, because you know, relevant to today and this situation. Great, conversation over, glad we went there.
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Why not both? Let's learn from both!