The rise of righteous online bullies

Members of the group told me that as a "white woman," the only "reasonable" action for me to take was to hand over the group to a POC. I was informed that my desire to keep the group free of politics (and hence, acrimony) is inherently political. For me, to ask that individuals refrain from politics was dubbed a "violent act of white supremacy and privilege." Members of similar groups have targeted other founders in similar ways—and all, to my knowledge, ultimately bowed down and left the groups they created. Being a believer in discourse, I kept the thread open, while personal attacks piled on and became increasingly ugly. Soon enough, others became targets for daring to voice dissent—however minor—or point out the ridiculousness of these accusations. And to be clear, they are. The Facebook group stopped being a forum for job postings and became an overtly hostile pile on of bullies whose targets were not white supremacists, or fascists, or any manner or bogymen they constructed. They were regular people who were sharing employment opportunities, asking questions, or offering dissenting opinions. The group was initially founded to help people find meaningful employment. Now it had become an ideological battleground. In days thereafter, I was harassed, threatened, doxxed, slandered, and more—before I'd even gotten to my first cup of coffee. People were telling me how my career in media is "now dead" and how they've been "reaching out to editors" to get me "canceled." In the span of a week, the creative content I've put out online was suddenly downvoted on iTunes and YouTube. I witnessed individuals turn into a mob to the point where they became eager to destroy the careers of anyone who disagreed with them.
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