I now Know how to start a Lynch Mob

JR4 · May 21, 2015

98% of poster here would lynch (figuratively speaking I hope) Mr. Kraft because of his decision not to appeal.

I wondered how such an overwhelming majority came to be, considering all the good this man has done for
the Patriots and the National Football League. I believe it has to do with the lynch mob mentality.

How to start a Lynch Mob:
1. Find something that evokes a highly charged emotional perception of injustice.
2. Find someone to blame
3. Have a nucleus of war drum beaters that dislike that person for whatever reason
who will stir up the crowd with highly charged words against that person.
( doesn't matter if those words are true or not just as long as they are possibly true)
4. Add the anonymity ingredient of the crowd. (on the internet that's an automatic)
5 . Rely on the mob mentality( join a group because they are mostly likely right) to grow the mob.

This is the only reason I can find for so much hate against Mr. Kraft because No One here knows
all the facts and possible repercussions of pursuing an appeal or even a court action. No One.
Yet people here say all kinds of reasons why he should have at least appealed, therefore he is guilty and
should be hanged (figuratively).

I now know how dangerous and frightening the Mob Mentality can be.
Mr. Kraft I for one in a small minority give you the trust you asked for and deserve.
If I am wrong to do so then that's on your conscious but I believe you are trying to do the right thing.

BradyFTW! · May 21, 2015

We get it, You really don't need to start yet another thread to peddle your ridiculous straw man nonsense (with a heaping side of persecution complex).

PatsWickedPissah · May 21, 2015

Don't you just love the oozing of smug superiority in the OP?

Deus Irae · May 21, 2015

Seriously, quit trolling. You're embarrassing yourself more with every post.

Clonamery · May 21, 2015

Stop blaming the victims for their own stupidity.

If the Wells report shows anything, the mob can act on very few facts and bad information.

God bless you and your solitary attempt to save the old man's dignity.

everlong · May 21, 2015

You say it like it's a bad thing.

chasa · May 21, 2015

JR4 said:
I now know how dangerous and frightening the Mob Mentality can be.
Mr. Kraft I for one in a small minority give you the trust you asked for and deserve.
If I am wrong to do so then that's on your conscious but I believe you are trying to do the right thing.

Kraft stood in front of the world and said "If there is not conclusive evidence that the patriots did anything wrong, I demand an apology" His fans cheered for him, finally the man stepped forward and drew a line in the sand.

The report came out, it was biased, it was full of nonsense, it's experts were far from experts, and the majority of the league owners, and fans didn't read it, reading only the headline, that Ted Wells, the "independent" investigator, was really a nfl backed prosecutor. Kraft again said no. He put together some context information, he pushed his chips all in, and said "This punishment is ********, this report was biased, and we will not stand for it"

And then roger goodell called his bluff, and kraft revealed that he had a hand full of nothing. Kraft pretended to be the man, and lost ALL of his credibility as someone you want to be loyal too. He sent his fans out to war, while he hid away in his castle signing the paper for surrender.

Kraft cares more about the 31 other teams in the league, then about his own.

Concussion Protocol · May 21, 2015

Absolutely no excuse to not appeal the severity of the penalty, if nothing else. There were precedents for ball manipulation. Not going to court is understandable, that would have been a difficult and almost certainly fruitless mission. To not appeal though, c'mon Bob, have some pride.

GaryfromTO · May 21, 2015

The only thing worst than Kraft right now, are the Kraft apologists

everlong · May 21, 2015

How to start a lynch mob:

1. Sell out your QB who's given you repeated home town discounts and made your franchise Billions.
2. Sell out your fan base which has stuck with you through thick and thin.
3. Hug it out with the guy who you gave his job and he's screwed you twice.
4. Wax poetically about being part of the Billionaire's club and then throw in but it's all for the fans.
5. Turtle.

Mack Herron · May 21, 2015

If you had any real interest in understanding why the vast majority of fans feel differently than you do, you might try coming down off your high horse and reading and responding to the many cogent arguments that have been laid out on these pages. Or better yet, try reading the actual Wells report and the WellsContext report so that you can truly understand the organization to which Kraft has thrown his allegiance. Instead we get this mindless pejorative drivel.

Ring 6 · May 21, 2015

JR4 said:
98% of poster here would lynch (figuratively speaking I hope) Mr. Kraft because of his decision not to appeal.

I wondered how such an overwhelming majority came to be, considering all the good this man has done for
the Patriots and the National Football League. I believe it has to do with the lynch mob mentality.

How to start a Lynch Mob:
1. Find something that evokes a highly charged emotional perception of injustice.
2. Find someone to blame
3. Have a nucleus of war drum beaters that dislike that person for whatever reason
who will stir up the crowd with highly charged words against that person.
( doesn't matter if those words are true or not just as long as they are possibly true)
4. Add the anonymity ingredient of the crowd. (on the internet that's an automatic)
5 . Rely on the mob mentality( join a group because they are mostly likely right) to grow the mob.

This is the only reason I can find for so much hate against Mr. Kraft because No One here knows
all the facts and possible repercussions of pursuing an appeal or even a court action. No One.
Yet people here say all kinds of reasons why he should have at least appealed, therefore he is guilty and
should be hanged (figuratively).

I now know how dangerous and frightening the Mob Mentality can be.
Mr. Kraft I for one in a small minority give you the trust you asked for and deserve.
If I am wrong to do so then that's on your conscious but I believe you are trying to do the right thing.

Way to long of a post.

1. Find someone with the authority to screw up something you are emotionally invested in and watch them f*ck it.

Ring 6 · May 21, 2015

JR4 said:
98% of poster here would lynch (figuratively speaking I hope) Mr. Kraft because of his decision not to appeal.

I wondered how such an overwhelming majority came to be, considering all the good this man has done for
the Patriots and the National Football League. I believe it has to do with the lynch mob mentality.

How to start a Lynch Mob:
1. Find something that evokes a highly charged emotional perception of injustice.
2. Find someone to blame
3. Have a nucleus of war drum beaters that dislike that person for whatever reason
who will stir up the crowd with highly charged words against that person.
( doesn't matter if those words are true or not just as long as they are possibly true)
4. Add the anonymity ingredient of the crowd. (on the internet that's an automatic)
5 . Rely on the mob mentality( join a group because they are mostly likely right) to grow the mob.

This is the only reason I can find for so much hate against Mr. Kraft because No One here knows
all the facts and possible repercussions of pursuing an appeal or even a court action. No One.
Yet people here say all kinds of reasons why he should have at least appealed, therefore he is guilty and
should be hanged (figuratively).

I now know how dangerous and frightening the Mob Mentality can be.
Mr. Kraft I for one in a small minority give you the trust you asked for and deserve.
If I am wrong to do so then that's on your conscious but I believe you are trying to do the right thing.

95% of this board is against Kraft and were so, on their own independent thought before the press conference was even over.
Perhaps you should realize that 95% are not following, but what was done was seen as horrific by anyone with an open mind.

Kdo5 · May 21, 2015

GaryfromTO said:
The only thing worst than Kraft right now, are the Kraft apologists

Almost true. Kraft is still the worst. But the apologists are unbearable also. They are just spewing garbage.

I like how he says "mob mentality". That is what happened to Tom Brady. Pats fans calling out their sniveling coward of an owner is not "mob mentality". It's just a fact that he is gutless and stabbed us and the players in the back.

chasa · May 21, 2015

jr4 or as i like to call him, jonathan kraft.

PatsWickedPissah · May 21, 2015

So the mods merge threads like Zeus' masterful essay while this OP starts multiple threads banging the same drum tonelessly

TomPatriot · May 21, 2015

Why do you call him "Mr. Kraft?" Are you his servant?

Kontradiction · May 21, 2015

How to start a lynch mob...

1. Blow up a ridiculous nontroversy.

2. Pack the front office with former Jets employees and fans.

3. Hire what you call an "impartial investigator" to put out a report on the incident.

4. Have said impartial investigation become a prosecution condemning one party without a shred of evidence to prove wrongdoing.

5. Levy unusual punishments against said party and disregard 1) other involved parties and 2) the fact that said report did not contain conclusive evidence.

6. Have the owner of said party hold a public presser and leave his fans and his franchise quarterback holding the bag again while he takes it up the ass by the judge, jury, and executioner.

There you go. There's your six step process to starting a "lynch mob".

PatsFanSince74 · May 21, 2015

I'm posting in this thread only to say that I really wish we'd lose the talk about "lynch mobs." That paints the discussion with a brush that is unfair to most posters here and that can be regarded as objectively offensive.

As for the rest, the OP is entitled to his opinion. I disagree with him for reasons I have stated often in other threads. Saying anything more than that would just encourage him.

Wax Frog · May 21, 2015

What if you spent two decades building a grand and lovely monument, then said WTF and took a wrecking ball to it and pissed on the rubble when you were done? Yeah, that.

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