<div dir="ltr">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!<br clear="all"><div><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_signature" data-smartmail="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><br clear="all"><br><div></div></div><div dir="ltr"><a href="mailto:echarles@american.edu" target="_blank"></a></div></div></div></div></div></div><br></div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Tue, Sep 14, 2021 at 4:33 AM ⛧ glen <<a href="mailto:gepropella@gmail.com">gepropella@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex">The New Puritans<br>
<a href="https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2021/10/new-puritans-mob-justice-canceled/619818/" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank">https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2021/10/new-puritans-mob-justice-canceled/619818/</a><br>
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Steps extracted:<br>
1) you divide your acquaintances into heroes, villains, and good-but-useless.<br>
2) you can't continue in your (admittedly "successful") learned behaviors (career, etc.).<br>
3) you obsess that everyone hates you and apologize, even if you feel you did nothing wrong; and your apology is rejected.<br>
4) people investigate you, confirming your persecution complex by anonymous proceedings controlled by people you think hold grudges against you.<br>
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And I suppose 5) you grapple with what to do after the episode (e.g. become a Free Speech Warrior - FSW or move on).<br>
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glen ⛧<br>
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