#outrage mob

[religion-is-a-mental-illness]

“Is the accuser always holy now? Were they born this morning as clean as God’s fingers? I’ll tell you what’s walking Salem—vengeance is walking Salem. We are what we always were in Salem, but now the little crazy children are jangling the keys of the kingdom, and common vengeance writes the law! This warrant’s vengeance! I’ll not give my wife to vengeance!”

-- Arthur Miller, “The Crucible”

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The Salem Witch Trials came about entirely as a result of crazy, vicious little girls who took on the mantle of victim, claiming to being plagued by dark forces supposedly inflicted upon them by “witches.” These claims pivoted on “spectral evidence” - visions claimed by the girls that nobody but they could see, which could therefore not be refuted by anyone else, since they were inaccessible and unverifiable. What we would know as “lived experience.”

These purported “victims,” these crazy little girls, were the most powerful individuals in Salem, with the entire town terrified of being the next to be accused. To express doubt was to invite suspicion onto yourself. Although that didn’t stop the crazy girls from accusing whomever they wanted for reasons of their own. All the while continuing to play the victim.

The entire saga only came to a halt when people, particularly those in power, stopped collaborating with delusions of “spectral evidence,” and stopped pretending that they believed the claims, simply to keep the spotlight from being pointed in their direction.

By the time the trials came to an end, more than two hundred people had been accused, nineteen had been hanged, five others had perished in jail, and the farmer Giles Corey had been pressed to death with large boulders for refusing to enter a plea. In the throes of victimhood, these children had found the means to become the most powerful members of the community. They could see their fellow citizens executed on the basis of ‘spectral evidence’ alone, what we might today refer to as ‘lived experience’. Those who attempted to apply reason and logic to the events as they unfolded were liable to find themselves accused, and so for the sake of self-preservation most left their doubts unuttered. The fantasies of the few were propagated by the elites: judges and ministers who had lost sight of reality, or had no inclination to see it restored. [..]

The willingness of the villagers to believe the girls’ visions serves as a reminder of the human susceptibility to false narratives, particularly if they are more readily comprehensible than complicated truths. When bad ideas are allowed to spread unchecked they take on an illusion of incontrovertibility, and when figures of authority are captured by dangerous ideologies, resistance becomes a feat of courage that few will dare to attempt. But perhaps the aspect of Salem most redolent to today’s cultural skirmishes is the development of an intense climate of fear and mistrust. This episode in history offers a stark example of the conflicting loyalties and tribal instincts that can manifest in any society if the conditions are right.

-- Andrew Doyle, “The New Puritans”

We’re all Salem now, living under the rule of fantasists.

Why did we ever give the keys to the little crazy children?

[auzzare]

Uhh guhhh I HAD TO I HAD TO I'M SORRY

[mobertducky]

[1004tyun-archive]

this is so… are y’all not embarrassed?

[bow-wow-wark-wark]

What could have been if gaara and shukaku got along (inspired by mp100 and bakapandy)

[azeutreciathewicked]

"Pharmakon" has three meanings: remedy, poison, and scapegoat. This refers both to the idea that a medicine that cures us is also a poison when used incorrectly (or that a medicine is just a poison used in a certain way) and in critical theory to look at practices and technologies, such as writing.

Social media is also a pharmakon -- great things can happen and terrible things can happen because of the same features: mass connection, instant communication, the ability to find people like you and create echo chambers.

Sometimes mass organization through social media can be helpful, and it can also be harmful. Sometimes the same movement or activity both helps and hurts. Or gives the illusion of helping while causing tangible harm to people.

And then there is "scapegoat." People get scapegoated when others lash out at them and pin the blame and sins on them.

Fandoms need to be very careful, especially mega fandoms with grievance. We have already seen many people hurt through the scapegoating and the poison. Consider the collateral damage that is caused when people white knight and go on crusades to try to hurt someone they have a parasocial relationship with -- how many people get stepped on along the way? Those harms -- those are your fault and you need to be accountable for them if you inflict them.

And it may be valuable to consider that what you think is the cure is not actually the cure for what ails you.

[stainedsoles]

mann how did i get rizzed up by BIG BUG 

[lacewise]

I just want anyone to tell me what actors, musicians, and artists could do to stop the US government from funding Israel

some of these people infamously don’t understand vaccines—and I’m pretty sure for that reason people collectively decided they should keep their beliefs and politics to themselves

And we know how a lot of Congress (you know, Republicans) feel about unorganized actions—they don’t respect them and they view them as performative. So this is not going to influence them at all.

Has anyone considered pressuring those present into things they could actually do?

What about pushing them to sponsor Palestinian artists and activists? How about insisting that the charity event that funds the textile section of the Metropolitan Museum of Art goes to an exhibition of Palestinian textiles? How about pushing all museums to have special exhibits on Palestine and Israel to push for a ceasefire? What about pressuring them to pressure the US government to allow Palestinian artists and their families to flee to the US? This would increase pressure to speed up the proposed refugee program as well.

Additionally, organized action would help pro-Palestinian and pro-ceasefire legislatures since it would give them more leverage.

And these are just off the top of my head.

I’m sure the people in charge of these protests, who I am sure are real organizers and strategists, could come up with even better ideas! Imagine what you could do if you organized solidarity protests with the Israeli protesters! I would love to support productive ideas that don’t devolve into hate speech! Let me know when that happens!

[animemusicbrackets]

How many submissions for the MP100 endings?

Only 3, which is honestly kind of criminal imo

[bardicious]

This isn't an article, this is a reddit post where people are speaking about the topic like grown adults, I don't really have a stake in whether these allegations are true, but it bothers me that, like usual, the internet will go into a hysteric frenzy.

Which, again, I don't personally care whether some rando rich people get "cancelled" or not, lord knows I have many fave shows/movies made by shitheads. What I suggest to people, however, is please always be cautious of news, and he said she said. Picking sides is not a requirement, its not needed at all, actually.

Keep enjoying your favorite shows, and chill the fuck out.

[religion-is-a-mental-illness]

To be fair, sadists and sociopaths usually create, recruit and/or lead the mob.

[margridarnauds]

Something tells me that "helping Palestinians" is not on OP's goals list...

There is not virtue in getting scammed. There is not virtue in being a mark. You are not displaying your virtuous nature by giving money to someone who is lying to you via emotional appeals so that you will open your heart and bank account to that poor downtrodden Nigerian prince. All you are doing is showing fellow zealots that you are also utterly devoted to The Cause, and showing other ill-intenders that they too can get you to cough up money with the right words.

You are not obligated to #GetScammed4Palestine. Getting scammed is not activism. You are not bettering anyone's lives except for the ill-intending agents who want your money to do something secret and untoward.

You wanna help Palestinians? Donate to real, honest, accredited aid organizations and charities. Ones that did not have employees taking part in the atrocities on October 7th. If you're in the USA, campaign for Kamala Harris as a means of harm reduction toward Palestine. Giving your money to some random person who is in one of the twenty countries that GoFundMe operates in (NOT someone in Palestine!!!) does nothing but cost you money and GUARANTEE that your money does not reach Palestinians in need.

We have our issues with the phrase "virtue signaling," as it's often a condescending right-wing buzzword, but that's what this whole Gaza-scam Zeitgeist honestly is-- taking action first and foremost in furtherance of upholding our standing as a good activist. You feel obligated to circulate, to give to, false crowdfunding operations that empirically, evidently, cannot be for the cause you are supposedly contributing to. You feel that you will be ostracized by your peers if you question these fundraising asks you're getting in your inbox. You'll be a bad activist if you don't do everything you can to help Palestinians-- yes, including possibly sharing a few scams! Sharing just a few scams is a small price to pay for circulating what surely are mostly honest accounts of real need, right? After all, you really think someone would do that? Just go on GoFundMe and tell lies? It's never ever happened on Tumblr before.

Do not give your money to randoms on the internet. You do not know who they are. The people who supposedly "verify" these fundraisers are also random people you do not know. You know that the site they are using to crowdfund does not service people in Palestine. The only evidence you do have around this whole thing is evidence that these GoFundMe's are lying to get your money. Believe the evidence and stop giving in to (what seems to you as well-intended) peer pressure from your activist friends.

If anyone takes issue with you wanting to know where your money is going, then they are showing that they want you to be taken advantage of. They want you to listen blindly! Sight-unseen! Listen to your self-preservation instincts, take notice of the red flags in front of you, and prioritize your own well-being. Drop manipulative people from your life.

Your principles are being used against you for no benefit to Palestinians, and you are in a cult. You have to start taking care of yourselves and stop endlessly sacrificing yourselves for no real value in the name of a cause that you are not benefiting.

[x1tadpole1x]

say what you want about the minecraft movie, but just, live action not blocky people in minecraft just does not fit

[alpha-mag-media]

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[laylanatorseventeen]

u know honestly I can understand the frustration with the mob vote but I think it is good to stop and think about all Mojang has given us in the last several years

-bees and honey

-the nether update (including 2 new mobs, 2 new wood types, piglin trading and bastions)

-mountains and goats!

-lush caves and all it's accoutrements, like glow berries and moss and axolotls!

-deepdark update, with the warden and ancient cities! so many new blocks!

-mangrove swamp, including frogs! and MULTIPLE new blocks (mangrove wood, mud + it's variants, roots, frog lights)

-cherry wood! new blocks! new flowers! along with the sniffer and it's flowers! +archaeology! pots and armor trims!

so yeah. I understand wanting all three mobs, I did too. And after reviewing the Minecraft live announcements my first reaction was, "wow that sounds. Really boring." But like Minecraft has changed so much and we've been given so much in the last three years I think we might need to run on a little faith