Some really rather nasty people leap onto selfdevised bandwagons in the wake of hideous events such as major fires. All sense of proportion is deliberately abandoned in a race to show how they are more outraged/angry/empathetic than anyone else. I am not talking about the wretched victims themselves, nor their families, but those who see an opportunity to project onto tragedy their favourite prejudices and world-views. I regret to say that some broadcasters have ^nen pr'e^to ims ifenti'errcy i heTepS'i'renr 11 - x inquisition of the Prime Minister by a journalist who appeared to be auditioning for a role as Witchfinder General, was a good example of transference: if you do not react as I expect you to react, then somehow the tragedy sallyour fault.
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