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Why Do We Turn On Innocent People?
A discussion of why ordinary people sometimes turn against individuals who have done nothing wrong is drawing wide attention. The question touches on psychology and social behaviour: how group pressure, fear, suspicion and the desire to belong can lead communities to scapegoat innocent people. It is a topic that resonates with historical witch hunts, wrongful accusations and modern online pile-ons.
Why now: The psychology of scapegoating innocent people is a perennially provocative question that connects to current debates about mob behaviour and wrongful accusations
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- Why Do We Turn On Innocent People? · The Rest Is Science · 409.2K
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