If you've come across this post, give a few minutes to read what I have to say and ask. And trust me, it's not what it appears at first.

Mobbing. Nobody looks forward to it. Nobody wants to be on the receiving end. Hopefully nobody looks forward to being on the delivering end. Being at the mercy of the masses strikes a hammer of authority down upon even the bravest.

There are some of you who say those who become pariahs in society, cast out in all but physically, must've had it coming. Some of you have such a strong devotion to karma that you might risk your life for it. You will seize justice from even the hands of the meek.
Alas... you're all laypeople. As right as the masses may be sometimes in a democracy, you are not incapable of being wrong. It's not too common, but there are those people who are cancelled, outcasted, and drive away but then are revealed to not have done anything wrong.

What often bothers me is that the lack of compassion persists if someone is wrong, even if the person is no longer judged. The individuals who took part in the uprising never come back later and say "we're sorry for throwing you under the bus". The people don't do this as a mass, but more concerningly, neither do singular persons come and do it, as if to say they have no blame in what happened.

An example of this was after the Boston marathon catastrophe. Anons on Reddit sought to capture the perpetrator, but they ended up coming across the wrong guy. This guy was severely harassed and had his life ruined and for a while wanted to self-annihilate. Then Reddit realized they had the wrong person. Do you know how many apologies he got for what he went through. Not a single one.

I have many theories on why this happens. Maybe apologizing as an individual is something someone cannot bring themselves to do even though they know they would in an ideal world. Or maybe the person does not feel obligated, for they are not the mass of people who did the act, or maybe it doesn't feel right. Trust me when I rebuke those last two points, you were still a piece of the puzzle. Every lump of snow in an avalanche counts.

Many of you who haven't read my posts might not know this, but my favorite form of reconciliation is a random act of good will. If I have been wronged on a mass level, when it comes to me or anyone who shares this message, if you find yourself in this apology rut, think of they who may need something. It warmed my heart to see someone who greatly wronged me donate all his day's earnings to the local hospital. Be like that person. That should be comparatively easy, right? And I will see it and your hearts will no longer be heavy in my eyes.