There is a well known phenomenon typically associated with the Right.
*Moral Panic*
It happens on the Left too, as we are seeing. Members of the community are primed to react in prescribed ways to certain triggers, and spread the #MoralPanic to others they are networked with.
And no one wants to be the first to stop clapping. #Moderators are operating out of either ignorance or fear.
@EubieDrew sounds like an accurate description.
Just earlier someone said it was all justified because someone who said something antisemetic a week ago said a compliment to me and I said "thank you" (not knowing anything about their anti-semetic disposition)... which apparently makes it all justified... go figure