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Top: black-and-white still of a snarling man with a raised hand at a window while others crowd behind him. Bottom: color photo of a shouting crowd inside a building, some in hats. Caption: "You've become a mob and a mob doesn't have any brains... we're an ugly race of people." Rod Serling Twilight Zone: "The Shelter"

Twilight Zone's Mob Warning Meets the Capitol Riot

Rod Serling's Twilight Zone episode "The Shelter" speech about mob behavior is paired with a photo of the Capitol riot, a grim lesson for anyone who grew up on reruns.

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Top: black-and-white still of a snarling man with a raised hand at a window while others crowd behind him. Bottom: color photo of a shouting crowd inside a building, some in hats. Caption: "You've become a mob and a mob doesn't have any brains... we're an ugly race of people." Rod Serling Twilight Zone: "The Shelter"

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Comic panel of a scowling, gritty Batman in a cowl and cape gripping a shotgun and snapping it in half, shells flying as another character's hand holds the gun. Speech bubble: "THIS IS THE WEAPON OF THE ENEMY. WE DO NOT NEED IT. WE WILL NOT USE IT." Quote card over a photo of a rally outside the U.S. Supreme Court building under a gray sky. Text: "To be clear, they don't get to rule on our humanity. They're ruling on their own." KATE SOSIN. A rainbow flag flies above a crowd; a blue sign reads "WE THE PEOPLE MEANS EVERYONE." Black-and-white portrait of a young man in a dark suit and striped tie, captioned "— Robert F. Kennedy". Beside it is the quote: "The gross national product does not allow for the health of our children, the quality of their education, or the joy of their play. It does not include the beauty of our poetry or the strength of our marriages; the intelligence of our public debate or the integrity of our public… A white-painted section of a brick wall on a city street displays a mural in large gray capital letters: "YOU ARE PERSONALLY RESPONSIBLE FOR BECOMING MORE ETHICAL THAN THE SOCIETY YOU GREW UP IN." A street lamp, tall glass building, and posted signs are visible around it. Black text on a white background, a quote attributed to Ira Byock: "Years ago, anthropologist Margaret Mead was asked by a student what she considered to be the first sign of civilization in a culture. The student expected Mead to talk about fishhooks or clay pots or grinding stones. But no. Mead said that the first sign of civilization in an ancient culture was a femur (thighbone) that had been broken and then… A white subway-tile wall with a wooden-framed panel lit by lamps and draped with green ivy above. Black capital letters read: "BE BRAVE ENOUGH TO SUCK AT SOMETHING NEW." A sidewalk curb and dark street run below.

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