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Nat Parnell's avatar

Nicely done. But I do think those who snipe from the sidelines do without any desire to check the actual truth like this. Twitter really does bring out the worst in people who may not actually be like that in any other venue.

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Andrew Old's avatar

There's definitely a strange mob mentality in play. People fall very easily into saying absurd and uncharacteristically nasty things when they think everyone else is doing it too. Often, once the mob has subsided, they don't even seem to remember what they said.

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Andrew Old's avatar

Yes. It is noticeable that there's an overlap between those who attack schools for exclusions, complaining that children are in danger because they are not at school, and those who attack schools for being concerned about children who are not at school.

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