'Nothing A Mob Does Is Clean'
On the perils of a crowd, and the blessing of pilgrims
I have never been to a demonstration as a participant (versus as a journalist covering it) — not even the March For Life. I have nothing at all against demonstrations in principle; I just don’t feel right at them. Crowds scare me, not in a phobic way, but because of their potential power.
The book to read is Bill Buford’s Am…
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