Mob Leisure
August 06th, 2020 by Patrick Henry
The teleology of cancel culture is recreational lynching:
Thought:
Men read news because it combines two of the things they love: feeling they are part of a mob, while comfortably remaining in their armchair.
-plucked from the ether
E.C.
August 6, 2020
As for me, I watch the news to maintain my sense of morbid curiosity about the foibles of my fellowmen.
Vader
August 7, 2020
Both seem popular models. I lean a bit towards E.C.’s.