[humblegunner]

How about you simply following the rules?

If I were not, I'd be Zotted.

posts that have driven and continue to drive people away

You keep bringing up these poor "driven away" folks.

Name one.

(Not including blogpimps removed..)

[dynoman]

"How about you simply following the rules?"

"If I were not, I'd be Zotted."

What a joke that is. "personal attacks, profanity, vulgarity" If just those three were taken away from your posting history it would shrink by at least half.

“Everyone I knew basically left because of so much childish, immature personal attacks. The propensity there to eat their own. And a lot of the people — most of the people — I knew that were on it left.” – Sean Hannity

Other are not that hard to find.

Social Psychologist Irving Janis described eight symptoms indicative of groupthink:

1. Illusions of invulnerability creating excessive optimism and encouraging risk taking. Check.

2. Rationalizing warnings that might challenge the group’s assumptions. Check.

3. Unquestioned belief in the morality of the group, causing members to ignore the consequences of their actions. Check.

4. Stereotyping those who are opposed to the group as weak, evil, biased, spiteful, disfigured, impotent, or stupid. Check.

5. Direct pressure to conform placed on any member who questions the group, couched in terms of “disloyalty”. Check.

6. Self-censorship of ideas that deviate from the apparent group consensus. Check.

7. Illusions of unanimity among group members, silence is viewed as agreement. Check.

8. Mind guards — self-appointed members who shield the group from dissenting information. Check.