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>A post denouncing Emily also went viral. She, too, was the object of nationwide group hate.

Live by the sword, die by the sword.

>The guy who called out Emily is named Herbert.

Ditto. Judge not, or be judged. I won't cry on the day the mob rips Herbert apart.

And the cycle will continue until everyone's broken or tired of breaking people.

i don't know why the parent was voted down. The vast vast majority of humanity understands people make mistakes, change, and grow over time. If you're going to subscribe to a community where being excommunicated is as easy as in the article then there's only so much sympathy you can expect.

It's a case of "play stupid games win stupid prizes".

My guess - it was overloaded with homilies.

But maybe the "push-button" denunciation culture has an agenda. We could be approaching a time where certain things we still take for granted today - e.g. good jobs - will become a lot scarcer. And how would one gain an edge? By destroying the competition by any means necessary.

Or so Peter Turchin and those who follow Structural-Demographic Theory seem to think.

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