re: #18 Charles Johnson

I advise you not to read the comments for that article by Kaci Hickox.

The conspiracy/hate-talk/shock-porn industry has bred a segment of our society that is giving themselves over to the real ugly side of their humanity.

I’m reminded of Adam Curtis’ Century of the Self.

Corporations, and this applies especially to mass media corporations, train their consumers (which in the case of media is “the audience”) on what to expect.

This is not a new revelation but I remind myself of it because I grasp for a rational explanation for the madness in which crowds can engage.