I love the first paragraph of this article. It reveals exactly what's going on. The emotions and actions of mob mentality come from evolutionary social psychol

I love the first paragraph of this article. It reveals exactly what's going on. The emotions and actions of mob mentality come from evolutionary social psychology - to protect the tribe from disease and death - to protect from bacteria, mould, and viruses entering and killing the whole group. Unfortunately, because of how human emotions developed out of the survival biology - and this probably happens in other species too - anyone who is 'sick', not just a physical way but a social or psychological way - like a pedophile or a racist, etc - and/or anyone who is weak, and/or anyone who is simply different - can trigger this mob mentality in most people's brains. Kids do it at an early age at school. Kids are not inherently innocent. We 'other' the individual carrier of the virus to protect the mob from being infected. At its most extreme, we call for the person's death or swiftly kill them. It's disheartening. It's really difficult to live with. I increasingly understand that my mission in life is to fight for diversity. (I run a non-profit which contributes to that.) It's not fun, or easy, but it must be done. --- It's also really important that you 'know thyself'. Since birth I have been an 'outsider' in my brain - not a member of the 'tribe'. I constantly buck up against tribal thinking and mob mentality, and I probably always will, at least, deep inside of me. But I'm increasingly accepting both my individualism and 'the group', even if 'the group' might not return the same respect. I want to help the 'group', after all. I don't desire to be alone. Just to be accepted, and others who also are different. People like me and other 'outsiders' are important for the healthy development of our species or other intelligent life. That gives me relief from the loneliness that I often feel, by being so 'different'.