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Nobody is safe from a social media drive by.

But honestly I'm not surprised. Lockdowns and isolation have turned some of my more reasonable acquaintances into rabid social media junkies who do nothing but judge anyone for the smallest social infraction.

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What does this have to do with social media? I can't find any mention of social media in the article.

If anything, social media is going after the maliciously overzealous prosecutor on this.

We have a fickle king. Sometimes he executes you and sometimes he rewards you. Just because he does both doesn't mean it's a good situation.

Sometimes he's not involved at all, but people still try to blame him because they've got an ax to grind. There's no indication social media had anything to do with his actions or the ensuing punishment.

No, he's always involved. People behave as though he is there even if he doesn't get directly involved.

Nothing to do with social media. At all.

If anything, the outrage about this case might be the thing that gets him reinstated.

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