That’s not public accountability. That’s vigilantism. Vigilantism occurs when the judicial branch fails to do the barest minimum of their fucking job. In case you’ve forgotten, the rules in society are written in blood. Whenever the government neglects their responsibility society at large will refresh the ink on the contract. As regrettable as this may be, the people to blame are not the ones in the mobs, but the ones who neglected to exercise their authority to enforce the social contract and hold criminals to account. Want it to stop? Stop acting shitty, take responsibility, learn and adapt. or retire to make room for those understand contemporary society if becoming a better person is so distasteful.
Enduring the consequences of one’s actions with complaint is not accountability, it’s a temper tantrum. Whether the consequences are administered by vigilantes or courts is immaterial to the earnestness of anyone’s accountability. The vast majority of people being publicly shamed have an elementary understanding of accountability and their hollow efforts are an insult to the time of everyone subjected to their rambling excuses, projections, victim blaming, lies, and other erroneous thought patterns.
I don’t want more bystanders getting caught up in the courts because they took action when our leaders sat on their hands. That said, I have no sympathy for the public figures having their legacies dragged through the mud after careers of horrendous behaviors get brought to light.
> Want it to stop? Stop acting shitty, take responsibility, learn and adapt. or retire to make room for those understand contemporary society if becoming a better person is so distasteful.
Nice round of victim-blaming. Don't like the random mob vigilantism? Well, it's probably your fault and that's the modern society for you, and again your fault for not embracing it enthusiastically. In fact, you are a bad person for it! Nice.
That’s projection buddy. Do you have a playbook? Because this comment is straight of the Republican one. project, lie, misconstrue in bad faith. Are you familiar with the site guidelines? Uncharitable bad faith responses are a no-no here.
I’m talking about sexual predators, people who wore black face in the past two decades, domestic abusers, and other unacceptable behaviors. If you think any of this is okay, bugger off.
What are you talking about? Indian mob Justice? Tripathi? Gamergate? Spacey? Weinstein? Trump? R Kelly? Travis Scott? Bill Clinton? Assange?
You’re doubling down on uncharitable bad faith interpretations.
I’m not suggesting you love or support these things, but I am concerned that you’ve taken a sarcastic defensive position instead of naming specific people to rebut my points. An omission of defeat perchance?
My point is that mob justice will continue until the government deigns the problem bad enough to enshrine these behaviors into law as crimes. Why are you having such a hard time understanding that this is a fixable problem directly resulting from negligent government?
If you should get anything out of this otherwise useless conversation, it's the difference between "omission" and "admission". Look it up, no need to thank me.
> My point is that mob justice will continue until the government deigns the problem bad enough to enshrine these behaviors into law as crimes
You mean the solution for mobs hounding people for wrongthink it for the government to make wrongthink a crime? Brilliant.
Enduring the consequences of one’s actions with complaint is not accountability, it’s a temper tantrum. Whether the consequences are administered by vigilantes or courts is immaterial to the earnestness of anyone’s accountability. The vast majority of people being publicly shamed have an elementary understanding of accountability and their hollow efforts are an insult to the time of everyone subjected to their rambling excuses, projections, victim blaming, lies, and other erroneous thought patterns.
I don’t want more bystanders getting caught up in the courts because they took action when our leaders sat on their hands. That said, I have no sympathy for the public figures having their legacies dragged through the mud after careers of horrendous behaviors get brought to light.