Yeah, I also suffer from #1. And I think you just nailed a corollary about ostracizers there. 

Great share. I definitely suffer from #1. 

If a group thinks ostracizers are evil, it probably fails to ostracize the earliest ostrasizers. It makes wonder if there are other equilibria for bitcoiners.

k00b

I always figured it was the [geek social fallacies](https://plausiblydeniable.com/five-geek-social-fallacies/) at work, but I definitely see elements of scapegoating.

StillStackinAfterAllTheseYears

Stacker Saloon

saloon

On some level I think bitcoin toxicity might serve as part of a release valve for the in-group's tensions - which have to be extremely high given our consensus needs. [Girard](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ren%C3%A9_Girard) would probably say they are scapegoat hunters, the early stone throwers. 