Tsundoku, on 26 June 2020 - 01:12 PM, said:
QuickTidal, on 26 June 2020 - 01:02 PM, said:
Notoriety/raised profile
Victimhood/sympathy - which 10 years ago meant not a whole lot, but these days it's almost a form of status and currency ... it's bizarre.
The old "climbing the ladder by knifing those above you" which has long been established in almost all hierarchies since the dawn of time.
Revenge - hell hath no fury after all ...
And that's just off the top of the head.
The last 5 years has seen a real rise in the twitter demagogues using mobs to achieve their own ends like was done back in the old days. It builds its own momentum even.
I'm sure if there aren't already there will be some very interesting studies done of the positives and negatives of the social media groupthink et al ... from the Arab Spring right through to #metoo and so on and so forth.
I always remember that old maxim though about the mob being fickle.

Right, but the problem is that false accusations of anything are SUPER slim compared to real/truthful ones. So if 98% of the time the people coming forward are being truthful and 2% of the time they are friggin Amber Heard....then are we doing the right thing by questioning every single incident and giving the benefit of the doubt to the accused instead of the accuser?
Like that's my point. If anything Rowland would be exposing herself to HUGE repercussions for coming forward if she's lying...you'd have to be certifiable to do that and think you would not be caught out.
Whisperzzzzzzz, on 26 June 2020 - 01:18 PM, said:
From what I can glean, whatever it was went away with heavy hitter lawyers....but people called him a "monster"....so I have no idea.
This post has been edited by QuickTidal: 26 June 2020 - 01:26 PM