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		davidw on Feb 9, 2014 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: That “distressed baby" Tim Armstrong blamed for be... > Frankly, posting and upvoting that sort of comment is the behavior of a lynch mob. Have you been reading the comments on the many political articles that now cross the front page of this site? The quoted comment is fairly tame stuff compared to some of the opinions expressed in those threads.

tptacek on Feb 10, 2014 [–]

Yes. For instance, this thread, unlike others, has not included anyone directly advocating violence.

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