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Have you ever noticed how viral outrage regularly rips through social media? Pity the poor individual or group who suffer the burning heat of the public’s wrath. Yet, as quickly as it comes, it’s over. Then there’s a lull for a few days, and then we’re on to the next outrage.If it troubles you, as it does with us, you might find comfort and terror in George Orwell’s “Two Minutes Hate†created in 1984. It’s not hard to see the parallels. Perhaps the most disturbing line in the whole piece is the following:“The horrible thing about the Two Minutes Hate was not that one was obliged to act a part, but, on the contrary, that it was impossible to avoid joining in.â€How true of so much of our social media outrage. If you are not denouncing whatever target has drawn the ire of the masses, you may quickly find yourself a target. But even setting that fear aside, how easily so many are drawn into outrage these days without knowing all of the facts or having a real vested interest in the issue or occurrence.The mass psychology is all too eerie. It’s even worse when you read Orwell’s description below. Enjoy...https://www.intellectualtakeout.org/blog/heres-original-two-minutes-hate
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