News of the day...
News of the day...
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http://reason.com/blog/2016/10/0…
Two months into the Great Clown Panic of 2016, we finally have a clear-cut case of a "clown" committing a violent crime. It isn't really the kind of crime that people were worried about, and the perp wasn't really dressed as a clown, but...
Actually, there's no need for a but. This is an ordinary crime committed in a not-all-that-unusual way. Some journalists are treating it as a sign that the Clown Threat is real, but that says more about media sensationalism than it does about anything else. What we have here is a lesson in how crime-trend narratives are constructed....
- this has been going on for ages, this happened when i was a kid in 80s. the difference now is people commit 7 hours a day to social media and get fired up...prophetone
- especially when the media hypes it up. i thought it was subtle IT marketing but seems to be the 80s. I remember this with american horror story too.deathboy
- social media and herd mentality. outside herd gets spooked by its shadow and the whole herd follows in suit. dangerousdeathboy