# Crowd Mentality Rant

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/crowd-mentality-rant/24691>\
**Category:** The BBQ Pit\
**Created:** [July 6, 2000, 1:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/crowd-mentality-rant/24691 "2000-07-06T01:35:51Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 3\
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**Author:** ![Lux\_Fiat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/bc79bd/32.png) [@Lux\_Fiat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lux_Fiat)\
**Post date:** [July 8, 2000, 9:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/crowd-mentality-rant/24691/21 "2000-07-08T21:44:58Z")

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lee, matt, I now officially despair for the future of the Republic (and Canada, too).  
Although I must say, lee, a piece of paper declaring one sane must be a handy thing to have. Lord knows I could put one of those to good use.

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**Author:** ![Homer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/df788c/32.png) [@Homer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Homer)\
**Post date:** [July 8, 2000, 10:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/crowd-mentality-rant/24691/22 "2000-07-08T22:13:08Z")

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Lux, I got one of them somewhere around here, too. Trouble is, it was signed by a doctor who was later found out to be impersonating a doctor. He was an escaped mental patient. What does that say about me? ::sigh::

–Tim

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**Author:** ![matt\_mcl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/7ab992/32.png) [@matt\_mcl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/matt_mcl)\
**Post date:** [July 8, 2000, 10:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/crowd-mentality-rant/24691/23 "2000-07-08T22:16:14Z")

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Lux: Don’t be too despairing. It was a private school, and a bastion of misogyny, homophobia, and teenage alcoholism.

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