Jean Guerrero: When it comes to social media, why have we become automatons?

Americans seem to be losing the ability to think and behave freely.

In the days since the Israel-Hamas war began, our collective loss of these things is conspicuous on social media, where many of us are recycling the one-sided takes of bots. Many reflexively vilify the Israelis or the Palestinians, then attack peers who won't join in. Some even cheer the carnage of the perceived Other.

There are people who are resisting the pack mentality, devastated by the slaughter of civilians, no matter their nationality, and willing to talk with get their news.