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Originally Posted by Clifford Pope
They are extraordinarily forgiving of things they like (cigarettes, social mixing at rave parties, alcohol, pollution) but puritanically against things the social media tell them are bad.
For most things they waver about in the middle, ready to pounce on any fault they are given an excuse to blame someone else for - unless they have already become addicted to it of course.
One false move by "them" and the pack will be off at full cry.
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I think it has always been thus Clifford.
In the past things moved slower: people got information from the newspapers, then later the radio and TV, today the internet and social media make the volume of information and the speed at which it is delivered both much greater, however the veracity of that information is probably much worse.
You are right about there being a 'them' - it seems (to me) that many people see themselves as victims (whatever their grievance) and so it always someone else's fault.
I think it is just human nature.
Alan