{"id":3633,"date":"2010-10-11T11:42:24","date_gmt":"2010-10-11T15:42:24","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.discovermagazine.com\/collideascape\/?p=3633"},"modified":"2010-10-11T11:42:24","modified_gmt":"2010-10-11T15:42:24","slug":"whipping-up-the-mob-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.keithkloor.com\/?p=3633","title":{"rendered":"Whipping up the Mob"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> 
<a href="https://prosthodontistlasvegas.com/smile-gallery/">https://prosthodontistlasvegas.com/smile-gallery/</a> An example of the corrosive demagoguery that can flow from raw blog sewage is on display at <a href=\"http:\/\/atlasshrugs2000.typepad.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">Atlas Shrugs<\/a>, whose author, Pamela Geller, was <a href=\"http:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2010\/10\/10\/nyregion\/10geller.html?_r=1&amp;scp=2&amp;sq=pamela geller&amp;st=cse\" target=\"_blank\">profiled<\/a> in yesterday&#8217;s New York Times. Hers is a case study in why you can&#8217;t ignore the influence of charismatic, zealously driven, talented bloggers, especially those who are spearheading a mini-culture war. From the Times <a href=\"http:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2010\/10\/10\/nyregion\/10geller.html?_r=1&amp;scp=2&amp;sq=pamela geller&amp;st=cse\" target=\"_blank\">story<\/a>:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p> 
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<a href="https://worklivelaos.com/camce5/">https://worklivelaos.com/camce5/</a> For additional, related historical perspective on religious fear-mongering, do <a href=\"http:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2010\/10\/08\/nyregion\/08zero.html?scp=4&amp;sq=downtown mosque and church&amp;st=cse\" target=\"_blank\">read this story<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p> 
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