[Iron Munro]

It requires well-trained professionals, known as "facilitators" or "change agents," who deliberately escalate tension among group members, pitting one faction against another to make a preordained viewpoint appear "sensible," while making opposing views appear ridiculous.

Wow! Thanks for the link.

Using the Delphi Technique to Achieve Consensus
How it is leading us away from representative government to an illusion of citizen participation

Isn't this exactly what has been done on a grand scale to the entire country?

"Using the "divide and conquer" principle, they manipulate one opinion against another, making those who are out of step appear "ridiculous, unknowledgeable, inarticulate, or dogmatic."

With the help of a willing leftist media the democrats have pitted us against each other over minor issues while they steal our Republic.
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[kitchen]

Once you recognize the techniques you'll find you can't go to a government meeting without someone trying to switch you. Your kids get this for 7 or 8 hours a day in school; eventually most stop trying to question their teachers. If you have "corporate training" like General Electric's Change Acceleration Process you'll see the same stuff over again.

A few years ago I went to a public meeting on wolf reintroduction. The sinapu crowd rode over with the state wildlife people. Every time somebody from the audience made a statement the big city wildlife meeting facilitator would restate it, but shaded toward the sinapu position. I caught up with the facilitator at the end and asked why Delphi was needed in a public comment meeting and where did she learn the technique. She said she didn't know what I was talking about but looked like she'd taken a 2x4 across the head.