Five years ago, we weren’t just coming down from a spree of witch-hunts in which online mobs destroy people’s lives for being insufficiently politically correct. I suspect lots of “be on the look out for anything that looks sexist” conditioning still hasn’t worn off. But I might be mind-projecting.
Actually, it seems worth a poll. did/did not take it as something close to rape apologia, are/are not worried about doxing or other such harassment campaigns?
Five years ago, we weren’t just coming down from a spree of witch-hunts in which online mobs destroy people’s lives for being insufficiently politically correct.
No, I’m afraid of the witch-hunters. (So far, polling indicates that this was not the right hypothesis for the commentary in general.) I avoided commenting until my previous comment because I was pretty sure I’d regret it—probably missing the point or getting drawn into the political deluge—and it seems this was the correct expectation.
Five years ago, we weren’t just coming down from a spree of witch-hunts in which online mobs destroy people’s lives for being insufficiently politically correct. I suspect lots of “be on the look out for anything that looks sexist” conditioning still hasn’t worn off. But I might be mind-projecting.
Actually, it seems worth a poll. did/did not take it as something close to rape apologia, are/are not worried about doxing or other such harassment campaigns?
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And you’re trying to be one of the witch-hunters?
No, I’m afraid of the witch-hunters. (So far, polling indicates that this was not the right hypothesis for the commentary in general.) I avoided commenting until my previous comment because I was pretty sure I’d regret it—probably missing the point or getting drawn into the political deluge—and it seems this was the correct expectation.
Someone who joins the witch-hunters out of fear is still a witch-hunter.
Well, if you’re not willing to stand up to the witch-hunters you should at least avoid joining their mobs.
I don’t see anything CAE_Jones has said or done here that can possibly be described as witch-hunting or mob-joining.