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Outrage spreads because it functions as a sermon, subject to the same social dynamics that make sermons contagious.
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- Kevin Simler Writer and engineer behind the blog Melting Asphalt
And this, I'm a bit sad to report, is why outrage is so contagious. Outrage is like the angry, pitchfork-wielding cousin of the more conventional, respectable type of sermon. But it's a member of the sermon family nonetheless, and therefore subject to all the dynamics we've discussed here today.
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↗Here Be Sermonsmeltingasphalt.com
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