[[I have discovered that Liberals do not have a corner on the mob “group-think” mentality,]]
I just read a very itnerestign article on groupthink the other day- wish i had bookmarked it-
[[There are some very reasonable and objective people who discuss things on this website, but their voices are often drowned out by the loud, knee jerk reactionaries and by various agenda driven folk. ]]
Thjat’s what universities like Berkley do- shout down and opposition, and demand that leaders in the school ban opposing views from appearing- it’s very defiantly a case of group think- ‘safety in numbers’- feeling sheltered beneath the wing of the groupthink mother chicken- And hte funny part is that the groupthink group accuses of outsiders of ‘not having an original thought i ntheir head’ and calls them ‘sheeple’
[[Rumor mongering and vile gossip have become all too common, and so many people just swallow up the latest bilge, seemingly without any sort of skepticism.]]
it got really bad here during the National Enquirer filth that was posted nonstop here- And even though no reputable news station would touch that baseless scandal with a 10 foot pole, I suspect many are still secretly hoping it will take Ted down-
Exactly. I didn't expect to see that sort of thing over here.
it got really bad here during the National Enquirer filth that was posted nonstop here- And even though no reputable news station would touch that baseless scandal with a 10 foot pole, I suspect many are still secretly hoping it will take Ted down-
That "mistresses" smear was really low. Especially as there doesn't seem to be in corroborating evidence regarding it. Didn't matter. People simply accepted it without even trying to give the man the benefit of the doubt.
When something reinforces what a person wants to believe anyways, people often accept it without worrying whether it is true or not.