[TerminalSystem3]

The problem is that these rules worked in prior times, but social media has given the offended the power to group up with 10000 other people who would be similarly offended. And once they are all offended, they adopt a mob mentality and ruin the lives of people. There's no examination of evidence, no due process, and no deviation from the mob's mentality.

It's the exact opposite of the norms that the United States had been built on for it's history. And there's little to no legal recourse for victims of the mob who have been fired from their jobs and labeled as a racist online.

[awb]

History has plenty of examples of mobs ruining people's lives without due process. I'm not disagreeing that it's bad just that I don't think it's a new phenomenon or even worse than it used to be. The mobs used to kill you not just harass you.

Unfortunately, something within us seems to want to blame, shame, control and punish other people.