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Them Social Medias, I tell ya what

by Kupok

I guess I couldn't stay away from Twitter. Though, I have trimmed my feed down considerably!

Still..

I always enjoy opening up twitter to see the latest troll fed witch hunt is going to be. It's like trolls don't even have to try anymore, just toss gullible feel-good gits a quickly cobbled together bone of flimsy constructed unverifiable evidence and watch em do the owning for them.

Are kids not taught about Blackstone Ratio in social studies anymore? This is kind of a cornerstone of Criminal Justice in modern countries, including (supposedly) America! I mean, we look back on community lynchings on flimsy evidence with shame usually.

If the Blackstone ratio does not live in your heart as you condemn and judge a stranger, following me is not for you.

Don't get me wrong. When it turns out someone actually was a criminal, I'm happy to say "Whoopsie daisy, I guess it was a mistake to think a person was a decent feller!" ...but you can't exactly be like "Whoopsie daisy, I guess it was a mistake to noose that dude!"

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KevinSnowpaw

5 years, 7 months ago

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i think i might know what your talking about currently.. i mean I see this a lot in GENERAL on social media but theres a very active one of these going on in current events right now XD Somebody says something without evidence, lets destroy sombodys life over it.

yep Social "Justice"

Kupok

5 years, 7 months ago

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@ KevinSnowpaw

Do not conflate lynch mobs with social justice. The history of social justice shows a specific push back against lynch mob mentality.

KevinSnowpaw

5 years, 7 months ago

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@ Kupok

I think my point was crusifying sombody in the court of public opinion with out evidence is far from justice. What used to be a lynch mob member is now a social justice warrior.

Kupok

5 years, 7 months ago

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@ KevinSnowpaw

Ayh! Social Justice Warrior. That has taken a new meaning it has. I apologize. =u=;;

I am somewhat passionate about Social Justice, and have been all my life. But I certainly recognize that many have taken such a thing too far, to the point of breaking The Law of Social Justice.

"	A movement that gives someone more responsibility gives someone more power. A movement that makes others responsible for someone gives others power over someone.

Though that is.. a digression. I don't feel it specifically to be a lefty phenomenon for the Blackstone Ratio to be discarded in favor of a sense of moral justice given from a witch hunt. I think this is a phenomenon present in all sentient life due to the nature of combined passion which the clever take advantage of often. It is our responsibility to be vigilant to this feeling, and to stand up to it whenever we can and demand proofs of the accuser, and not of the accused. To do otherwise is to freely give our power to the clever few who may manipulate passion.

KevinSnowpaw

5 years, 7 months ago

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@ Kupok

thats it exactly. I have allways felt that what your describing is just plane old justice. Any time you have to attach an addative to it your justifying something else and lessening it. Justice is Justice. For the sake of understand what were talking about maybe we should refer to it as Civil justice or civic justice? Civil Equality?

Social "justice" is literally just an online lynch mob for the court of public opinion. Just a bunch of self rightious dicks with a perceved moral writ of authroity to be offended on X behalf, and a guilty untill proven otherwise and damn the consaqences attastude. at least thats how it is now anyway, these people with digitaly tar and feather you for wrong think lol.. But i fully understand were your coming from being an ally for fairness or egalitarianism. It's sad the waters grow so muddy

Frynge

5 years, 7 months ago

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I think the main issue is that critical thinking is... no longer encouraged in our society. Otherwise you may also look to the unfortunate "Outrage Culture" that's been festering for years, which I feel is also related.

Kupok

5 years, 7 months ago

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@ Frynge

The behavior called Outrage Culture has ever been present in history, even before twitter. Except for a few off to the ends of the bell curve, the Heart is stronger then the Mind and don't you let yourself believe differently. If the passion of the masses is not quenched by force of power, passion will have it's will executed.

The lynch mobs of american history, the many uprisings in Europe of the middle ages, Joan Arc's burning, the New York Riots, the Yellow Turbans of China, the (albeit american aided) religious extreme takeover of the middle east in the late 70s... Mobs of passion without logic is nothing new to humanity. The only thing new is the frightfully fast medium by which it is now delivered.

Frynge

5 years, 7 months ago

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@ Kupok

that is... very true. I just wish humanity could live up to its potential... be better than this.

Kupok

5 years, 7 months ago

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@ Frynge

It's getting there, believe you me :>
I for one would not enjoy a return to.. just about any previous era. Worldwide, the progress is there, the numbers support this claim. Bad shit just... is faster and louder now, and humanity needs a moment to catch up to the tech.

Social Progress is no steady climb. It may trend upwards, but there are several short term dips as we trip up over ourselves.

Nishi

5 years, 7 months ago

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I just read up on the ratio, didn’t know that phrase had a name!

Twitter is just, kinda like what tumblr was. Lots of angry call out posts and people believing everything without question. Easy to take advantage of. I talked to others about posts like that once or twice and later found out it was probably not true, and that was embarrassing enough not to want to do it again. I feel bad when people point out these posts and I have to pull the old “Of course doing that isn’t good but I don’t know if it’s true” and just hope it doesn’t look like I’m defending bad behavior.

Kupok

5 years, 7 months ago

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@ Nishi

That's a little bit why I post so vaguely. There are of course.... current events that spur me to speak into the void of the net like this, but those current events will pass. I like to make posts that will still have some value (even if just to myself) long after the current event is passed.

In the end though, I like to think "Accidentally defending a criminal" is better then "Accidentally hanging an innocent."