[Quix]

. . . by any comprehension of the English language . . .

How "rabid clique" can be seen as other than personal attack, escapes me.

Maybe, as an English As a Second Language teacher for 15 years, I can be of some help.

"clique" = GROUP . . . AS IN A COLLECTION OF PEOPLE--TECHNICALLY AT LEAST 2 OR MORE.

PERSONAL = individual . . . as in ONE person . . .

Maybe that can be helpful. Learning to distinguish between one block vs two or more blocks is usually a very early EUREKA moment. However, discovery at any age is a treasure.

Actually, Psychologists--particularly those of us who are also sociologists--love to pontificate about groups. That's one reason FR is so much fun. Even the groups have lots of subgroups and most of the subgroups have subgroups. And then there's all the IN-GROUP VS OUT-GROUP dynamics. There's no end of things to ramble on about! LOL.

[Alamo-Girl]

Thank you for sharing your insights, dear brother in Christ!

[don-o]

Maybe, as an English As a Second Language teacher for 15 years, I can be of some help. "clique" = GROUP . . . AS IN A COLLECTION OF PEOPLE--TECHNICALLY AT LEAST 2 OR MORE. PERSONAL = individual . . . as in ONE person . . . Maybe that can be helpful. Learning to distinguish between one block vs two or more blocks is usually a very early EUREKA moment. However, discovery at any age is a treasure.

How telling it is that response is given to one half of the insult "rabid clique". Seems to be a current fave.