Moral Panic: Who Benefits From Public Fear? | Psychology Today
Humanity
The Definition of Deviance Amplification
Deviant amplification usually starts when one act that is either illegal or against social morals that wouldn't normally be worth of media attention becomes newsworthy. The incident is reported on as being part of a pattern.
Once an incident becomes the focus of the media, other similar stories that normally wouldn't make the news fall under this new media focus and become newsworthy. This begins to create the pattern that was initially reported on. The reports can also make the action seem cool or socially acceptable, leading to more people to try it, which reinforces the pattern. It can be hard to prove when deviant amplification is happening because each new event seems to validate the initial claim.?
Sometimes citizens will pressure law enforcement and government to take action against the perceived?deviant threat. This can mean anything from the passage of new laws to harsher punishments and sentences on existing laws. This pressure from the citizens often requires?law enforcement to put more resources into an issue that it actually warrants. One of the main problems with deviance amplification is that it makes a problem seem much larger than it is. Which in the process can help create a problem where there was none. Deviance amplification can be part of a moral panic but they do not always cause them.?
Moral entrepreneur – Wikipedia
A moral entrepreneur is an individual, group, or formal organization that seeks to influence a group to adopt or maintain a norm; altering the boundaries of altruism, deviance, duty or compassion.
Moral entrepreneurs take the lead in labeling a particular behaviour and spreading or popularizing this label throughout society. This can include attributing negative labels to behaviour, the removal of negative labels, positive labeling, and the removal of positive labels. The moral entrepreneur may press for the creation or enforcement of a norm for any number of reasons, altruistic or selfish. Such individuals or groups also hold the power to generate moral panic; similarly, multiple moral entrepreneurs may have conflicting goals and work to counteract each other. Some examples of moral entrepreneurs include: MADD (mothers against drunk driving), the anti-tobacco lobby, the gun-control lobby, anti-pornography groups, and LGBT social movements, as well as the pro-life and pro-choice movements, which are an example of two moral entrepreneurs working against each other on a single issue.
It’s Not Just Young White Liberals Who Are Leaving Religion | FiveThirtyEight
Only 47 percent of American adults said they were members of a church, mosque or synagogue, according to recently released polling that was conducted by Gallup throughout last year. It marked the first time that a majority of Americans said they were not members of a church, mosque or synagogue since Gallup first started asking Americans about their religious membership in the 1930s.
Cannabis
Smoking marijuana is more fun than drinking beer, but a friend of ours was captured and they gave him thirty years.
That’s the old Phil Ochs lyrics from Outside a Small Circle of Friends.
I’ve never gotten the War on Marijuana. I think that the old adage that pot smokers are loosers is kind of silly. Most people I know who smoke pot are actually quite successful. They use the drug in moderation, it chills them out and if anything makes them better at dealing with every day stresses in the a calm and collected way. Sure I know stoners who are loosers but also folks who make a ton more money then I do at my job.
To be clear, smoking marijuana is pungent and it lingers. While odor is closely associated with people’s views on the topic, there is no doubt that it’s pungent. It lingers in the air and on your clothes like mucking a hog or dairy barn. Unlike farmers though, pot smokers don’t usually shower and change out of their barn clothes before heading back to town. I guess you can grow to like the smell and associate it with good things – just like farmers like to joke that manure smells like money.
I don’t worry that much about people driving intoxicated because I think people will find ways to be foolish with motoring however they want to be, and while there may be more deadly crashes, that’s more of an issue of motoring then the drug itself. Marijuana also adjusts perception different that alcohol and its impacts are different. So there’s that.
I do think it would be an excellent agricultural crop especially once it becomes federally legal, which is only a matter of time. If the democrats win the White House that could happen in two years. It’s apparently quite easy to grow and process, it could not only help the agriculture industry but also inspire the younger generation to learn more about agriculture and do some gardening and home cultivation.
What Does Weed Cost? The Complete Weed Price Breakdown
Being a non-toker, I was looking at a price sheet for a Massachussetts canabis shop and was wondering what all the units and prices meant. Seemed expensive, it actually kind of is in Massachusetts, due to the high cost of regulation and regulatory uncertainy around the federal government. This article seemed to explain my questions when it came to cannabis.
I am pro-Jesus
I am pro-Jesus. ☦
Lately it seems like everything has become so political and ideological. But I like Jesus because he was the ultimate rebel, the organizer against the state, who wasn’t afraid to say what is right and fight against evil through his organization of the public.