[shepardrtc]

>I think we've reached a point in society where having your livelihood taken from you is the same as being jailed, aka "thrown in cages". >The difference, of course, is that it isn't the government doing it. It's the general population.

That's society saying that one's behavior is unacceptable and that it won't do business with them. I find that perfectly acceptable. Its not being forced by a single entity, but rather a general consensus is reached among everyone.

> I haven't heard of Luckey apologizing

Because he hasn't.

[psyc]

It isn't behavior anymore. It's political opinions. Usually mainstream ones. Often witch-hunt style - i.e. the victim didn't even hold the opinion attributed to them by the mob.

This isn't a good norm.

[shepardrtc]

> It isn't behavior anymore. It's political opinions. Usually mainstream ones.

Empowering groups with money is a behavior.

> Often witch-hunt style - i.e. the victim didn't even hold the opinion attributed to them by the mob.

What opinion was attributed to Luckey that he didn't seem to hold or support?

[wccrawford]

I don't think he was talking about Luckey for the attributed opinion bit.

I've seen a lot of social media that's based on a misinterpretation of a Twitter comment, and people screaming for them to be fired for some kind of prejudice that never actually existed. It quickly got to the point that I no longer trust the general public to be right about anything that involves social media. Even cursory sanity checks fail.