Sentences with phrase «mob mentality in»

We've seen online harassment, toxic comments and mob mentality in some cases.

Question of the Week: What should the indie community do to avoid a mob mentality in the future?

The fact that people get caught up in this furor and begin to exhibit a mob mentality in their actions is really quite fun to watch.

Not exact matches

«Groups also have a [mob mentality] problem, best described by Wilfred Bion in an oddly written but influential book, Experiences in Groups.

That is what is wrong with the kind of lynch mob mentality we see today — blanket condemnation and then l.u.s.t. for vengeance (with a vengeance) Duke U., the I.M.F guy in NYC, Casey Anthony It is actually (frightening) to see the cry for some kind of lynching..

I think those you accuse of having a mob mentality (and some of them do) have developed this attitude in response to the mob mentality exhibited by so many Christians today.

I couldn't help it: I was full of black rage, suffering from post-traumatic stress, caught up in the mentality of the mob.

A large chunk of it I am sure will be dedicated the mob mentality prevalent in football fans.

My biggest hope is that we do not get distracted in the mob mentality and keep our focus on what we want / need as an outcome: Nestle to take responsibility for their irresponsible business practices and change the way we do business.

Jaron Lanier rails against the social trends being fostered by the Internet — in particular its power to stifle creativity and grant anonymity as well as encourage groupthink and a lynch - mob mentality

Trolls can get swept up in a mob mentality, the thrill of transgression, or the twisted belief that it is all a bit of harmless fun.

The Sacrament is deeply unsettling in its depiction of mob mentality and cult persuasion and features some of West's most disturbing sequences to date.

It's an effective drama, and wholly plausible — see also the Meryl Streep drama A Cry in the Dark (1988), a predecessor in how ugly «guilty as soon as your accused» mob mentality can be — at least until the ending which seems tacked on as failed provocation.

We've come to expect this sort of performance from Hanks, especially in his collaborations with Spielberg; he is a paragon of virtue, a man who will not heed to the anti-Red mob mentality of the day, a man committed to doing the right thing no matter the cost personally or professionally.

The film is a study in citywide mob - mentality hysteria at the expense of reason.

The news that author Lauren Howard was pulling the release of her debut novel over this kind of mob - mentality after she was virtually brutalized by some members of the Goodreads community resulted in an outpouring of support from authors and readers alike; had the news of the vicious attacks on her and on her book not been shared so readily — as the Beihang study indicates — many online community members may have never even heard of Howard or her novel.

Two recent articles in the New York Times caught my attention — not just because they highlight the frenzy of vitriol that so often explodes on social media but also because they point to a disturbing «faceless mob» mentality permeating our digital lives.

The basis for this entire thread / concept / conversation is very easily some abstract fork of Godwin's Law, in that player's will apply an external race marker to a player, player caste, or activity in and effort to lend an emotional weight to their complaint to their peers about the activity, which is itself a basic trigger for mob mentality: Fear and revile that which is not understood, attack that which is different, even if only perceived or poorly or incorrectly informed.

Although the daily return and price data show that there is a negative correlation between Kobayashi's actions and the Bitcoin prices in the short run (daily), it would be best if Kobayashi took a less transparent approach to selling the quantity of coins under his management to avoid frightening investors into another mob - mentality sell - off.

From yammerings on about the alleged harms of «fatherless» households, to the demanding of a «shared parental responsibility» post-divorce that they never undertook during marriage when she begged them to do so, these men epitomize the reason that for eons, societies have ended up engaging in wars, and atrocities of justice have never been quelched, and the reason that irrational male - mob - mentality, however ostensibly sophisticated, and however ostensibly educated, continues to be the rule of the day.