<story><title>MIT Abandons Its Mission. and Me</title><url>https://bariweiss.substack.com/p/mit-abandons-its-mission-and-me</url></story><parent_chain><item><author>57844743385</author><text>What people haven’t grasped yet is you can’t fight the mob.&lt;p&gt;There’s no recourse, no appeal, no tribunal, no council of wise learned people you can go to when the mob sets out to destroy you.&lt;p&gt;You’re just simply fucked and have to accept you’ve been cancelled, your reputation is ruined and you’re “out”.&lt;p&gt;That’s all there is to it and no-one has come up with a solution.</text></item></parent_chain><comment><author>dfxm12</author><text>There&amp;#x27;s no recourse against the mob because the mob doesn&amp;#x27;t have real power. A mob can&amp;#x27;t cancel your speaking engagement at MIT. Only MIT can do that.&lt;p&gt;Also, it&amp;#x27;s hard to assert that you&amp;#x27;re ruined. I get that this is an emotional response, just like an angry mob&amp;#x27;s, but rest assured that time has shown that&amp;#x27;s it&amp;#x27;s not really the case. Getting fired from one speaking engagement does not ruin a person. It&amp;#x27;s more like temporary embarrassment, which happens to everyone. Kevin Spacey, Jeffrey Toobin, Bill O&amp;#x27;Rielly, etc. have all been &amp;quot;cancelled&amp;quot;, but are back working today.&lt;p&gt;One solution, at least in America, would be a better social safety net, so that most of your benefits aren&amp;#x27;t tied to having a job. Losing your job shouldn&amp;#x27;t be so scary, no matter what the reason (although that wouldn&amp;#x27;t matter in this specific case, since this person didn&amp;#x27;t lose their job).</text></comment>
<story><title>MIT Abandons Its Mission. and Me</title><url>https://bariweiss.substack.com/p/mit-abandons-its-mission-and-me</url></story><parent_chain><item><author>57844743385</author><text>What people haven’t grasped yet is you can’t fight the mob.&lt;p&gt;There’s no recourse, no appeal, no tribunal, no council of wise learned people you can go to when the mob sets out to destroy you.&lt;p&gt;You’re just simply fucked and have to accept you’ve been cancelled, your reputation is ruined and you’re “out”.&lt;p&gt;That’s all there is to it and no-one has come up with a solution.</text></item></parent_chain><comment><author>joshuaheard</author><text>I think the first step is recognizing that there is a mob and mob behavior. Then, act to disband the mob by not engaging in mob behavior, and convincing others not to engage in mob behavior.</text></comment>