Posted on 01/20/2016 8:10:16 AM PST by don-o
yeah, he certainly couldn’t say no...Though I think he may have wished he could. She is Kryptonite for so many Republican voters. (and though Ive always been inclined to defend her, I thought yesterday’s maniacal speech kinda proved their point.)
Irving Janis was a Psych professor at Yale (ring a bell). He researched groupthink and developed eight groupthink behaviors.
I recast them below as commandments of the progressive left.
Check out number IV and look again at the Daily News cover.
I Thou shalt create an illusion of invulnerability shared by most members to foster excessive optimism and encourage extreme risks taking
II Thou shall not allow any member to question the groupâs inherent morality, instead members shall be encouraged to ignore the ethical or moral consequences of their decisions
III Thou shalt promote collective efforts to rationalize in order to discount warnings, or other information that might lead members to reconsider their assumptions before they recommit themselves to their assumptions
IV Thou shalt reinforce stereotyped views of enemy leaders as too evil to warrant genuine attempts to negotiate, or as too weak and stupid to counter whatever risky attempts are made to defeat their purpose
V Thou shalt self-censor any deviation from the apparent group consensus, inclining each member to minimize the importance of their doubts and counterarguments
VI Thou shalt create and maintain a shared illusion of unanimity concerning judgement conforming to the majority view
VII Thou shalt apply direct pressure on any member who expresses strong arguments against any of the groupâs stereotypes, illusions, or commitments, making clear that this type of dissent is contrary to what is expected of all loyal members
VIII Thou shalt appoint mindguards to protect the group from adverse information that might shatter their shared complacency about the effectiveness and morality of their decisions
REF:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Irving_Janis
Behold the once mighty "Mama Grizzly," who abandoned her cubs and values for the spotlight and a 30 silver fish.
Damn girl, show some dignity.
That is an amazing list. Spot on.
Bookmarked.
I am seeing more and more here pushing back against the groupthink.
They sound like Paulbots. They are trying to stop the Palin bump.
Pray America wakes
It may be sooner than that. He wants to win Iowa and create an “inevitability” narrative.
Verrry interesting.
(Insert laugh-in pic here).
Yeh Ted lucked up and got The Mad Hatter aka Glenn Beck’s endorsement. LOL!
Actully we don’t need answers or anything else. Just watch!
Yeah, Bcck, Drunkty Dumpty, is a better representative. LOL
What have I said about Beck?
Go look.
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