My Comments
As a student of group dynamics, I found this article fascinating. I just happened to write a paper on the topic of scapegoating in groups (from a non-professor perspective, the definition wld be that often people in a group chose someone on whom to project fear, distrust, and other negative emotions that they don't want to accept in themselves)... This site appears to enable this phenomenon in an extreme fashion. Thank goodness I'm not in college anymore - don't think I could take the viciousness. But I'm glad to hear that Yale students are doing something positive - and funny - to counteract the unproductive nature of this site... I guess humor's always a good antidote. Thanks to the previous poster for the added insight!
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As a student of group dynamics, I found this article fascinating. I just happened to write a paper on the topic of scapegoating in groups (from a non-professor perspective, the definition wld be that often people in a group chose someone on whom to project fear, distrust, and other negative emotions that they don't want to accept in themselves)... This site appears to enable this phenomenon in an extreme fashion. Thank goodness I'm not in college anymore - don't think I could take the viciousness. But I'm glad to hear that Yale students are doing something positive - and funny - to counteract the unproductive nature of this site... I guess humor's always a good antidote. Thanks to the previous poster for the added insight!