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On the topic of internet mobs, the term "lapidation" was recently suggested as a word to describe "what happens when a group of people, outraged by some real or
by jamesrcole 7y ago
On the topic of internet mobs, the term "lapidation" was recently suggested as a word to describe "what happens when a group of people, outraged by some real or imagined transgression, responds in a way that is disproportionate to the occasion, thus ruining the transgressor’s day, month, year or life."
https://www.bloomberg.com/opinion/articles/2019-05-23/harvard-professor-falls-victim-to-group-outrage https://www.bloomberg.com/opinion/articles/2019-05-23/harvar...
- umanwizard 7y agoWhich is the normal word for stoning in French and I assume other Latin-based languages. Repurposing it for something else in English could get confusing.
- ErikVandeWater 7y agoThe suggested additional definition makes sense; it would be hard to imagine a situation where someone would get confused and imagine a Chipotle employee was _literally_ stoned to death.