#trolls #internet #socialmedia #trollhunting
Working my way through the #gospel of #luke I found 2 verse that made me think about certain kinds of social media behaviour. They are at the end of Chapter 11.
53 and from there as (Jesus was) going out of him they begun the scribes and and Pharisees terribly to harass ( there are several ways one could translate enekhein but I think harass best captures the idea they are holding and focusing their anger on him) and to question (by citing OT verses? apostomatizein is also used to mean recite verses) him about many more things
54 ambushing him hunting what out of his mouth
They begun actively stalking Jesus waiting for him to say something they could question!
I found myself thinking of twitter mobs people who jump in as soon as they see an enemy say something they can misquote or be quarrelsome about.
Yes some people are "self propelled targets" but social media brings out the worst in people, a mob mentality.
We think of this of an example of authority being evil but remember the Pharisees and Scribes saw Jesus as the Wicked One
Question yes but don't hunt or harass or cyberstalk?
Can we behave better than the Pharisees?
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