DiscoBiscuit
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assholes when a part of a group than as an individual
Hey now, I take pride in my ability to be an individual asshole. :cookie:
Edit - best emoticon ever.
assholes when a part of a group than as an individual
Hey now, I take pride in my ability to be an individual asshole. :cookie:
Edit - best emoticon ever.
Groupthink can neutralise personal responsibility or personal conscience perhaps there's a lot of hivemindedness and herd instinct in people yet but its still an individual choosing and acting.
I find the act of calling someone or something a monster or monstrous, is done so as to distance ones humanity from the group or person in question.
I believe it is healthier to remind yourself that those people who commit terrible crimes are still humans, with capabilities we all possess a capacity for. In that sense we should use such people as an example of how others can go so wrong, so as to avoid such pitfalls in ourselves.
Unless of course they have mental issues, then it's all happy-day-dee-dah because you aren't like them......or something reassuring. Although you might suffer from the same condition....
if someone thinks this is only an individual thing, he should learn about the manifestation of collective shadow in nazi germany
While a few bad apples might spoil the barrel (filled with good fruit/people), a vinegar barrel will always transform sweet cucumbers into sour pickles -- regardless of the best intentions, resilience, and genetic nature of those cucumbers.
Groupthink can neutralise personal responsibility or personal conscience perhaps there's a lot of hivemindedness and herd instinct in people yet but its still an individual choosing and acting.