95% of people want to be safe and enjoy their lives, and not bother anybody. 5% want to be assholes and fuck everything up. Same as trolls, the assholes have a very outsized influence. Same with bullies in classrooms, etc. That one asshole puts everyone else on edge. People are so worried about being victimized by that one asshole, or troll, or bully, that they change their whole behavior to protect themselves. They become defensive, suspicious, even take on some characteristics of the people they're worried about.
Three solutions:
1. Relax
2. Protect yourselves
3. Revenge
Who knows which is best?
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