AFWife
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I'm not sure we are clear here on what I mean by groupthink. Beck's group is his audience, it is the 'welcome to my (our) world, glad you're here, and glad you too share my views, we will save the world.' All mountebanks use these cajoling tactics. His attitude is inclusive while his words are negative. Examples. He constantly uses number 8. He is the only one who sees things correctly; he needs to say it. Number 4 is a constant in his depiction of Islam. He uses numbers 1 and 3 all the time in his opening braggadocio, "I'm the only one who can say this" for example. Contrast Beck with the ideas of opposition to groupthink in the link. Limbaugh similarly exhibits this thinking. Call it what you want, the man is a quack, and I think, a somewhat dangerous and unstable quack.
Eight Main Symptoms of Group Think
1. Illusion of Invulnerability: Members ignore obvious danger, take extreme risk, and are overly optimistic.much like the blind Obama supporters who believe he is the second coming
2. Collective Rationalization: Members discredit and explain away warning contrary to group thinking.because anyone who views having people like Ayers or Wright as mentors has got to be wrong....
3. Illusion of Morality: Members believe their decisions are morally correct, ignoring the ethical consequences of their decisions.killing babies who survive botched abortions? listening to a "so called pastor" about how evil the white man is and damning America
4. Excessive Stereotyping:The group constructs negative stereotypes of rivals outside the group.Anyone who doesn't worship at the alter of Obama MUST be a racist...
5. Pressure for Conformity: Members pressure any in the group who express arguments against the group's stereotypes, illusions, or commitments, viewing such opposition as disloyalty.disent is suddenly unpatriotic, but it was fine when Bush was in office
6. Self-Censorship: Members withhold their dissenting views and counter-arguments.Ok I'll give you that one....they can't keep their mouths shut for anything other than when TOTUS makes another speech.
7. Illusion of Unanimity: Members perceive falsely that everyone agrees with the group's decision; silence is seen as consent.Obama fans forget that 48% of the country did NOT vote for the man....even more are against everything he stands for today
8. Mindguards: Some members appoint themselves to the role of protecting the group from adverse information that might threaten group complacency.kinda like ACORN and those black panthers that decided they needed to guard voting places and intimidate voters, or better yet register mickey mouse and the Dallas Cowboys to vote?
Sounds more like the mindset of the ever faithful Obama minions, who STILL think the man walks on water, and will now be paying their mortgage and car notes....oh wait...the rest of us WILL be doing that.
So far I see not a single argument against Glenn that comes from someone who has carefully watched, listened, and paid any attention to the fact that nearly every crisis that has hit our economy over the last 3 years, he predicted long before it happened.
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