Politics and Religion

[Dill]

(03-03-2021, 08:59 PM)GMDino Wrote: I'm certain it is what has been called "group think" where the "clique" all were accused of ganging up on one poster.  Never mind if the responses were on topic or simply to engage the poster.

There is a reason this part of the forum is harder to get in to...but easy to get out of.  

It's also why the topic of this thread resonates.  At one time or another we will have are beliefs challenged.  Some will take that as an opportunity to learn and grow and some will not.  Trump supporters have shown over the last 4-5 years that they cannot learn or grow but rather they "know".  And the nly believe what Trump says because it reinforces what they "know".  That's another reason they are cult like.

I think I remember the "clique" incident. The problem with calling that "bullying" though is that sometimes people say things
that 3-4 other people, operating independently of one another, quickly disagree with.  A guy who just thought he was responding
to one guy suddenly finds himself accused of ganging that one guy. Or have I mis-remembered?

Seems to me that any definition of bullying behavior ought to include frequent ad hominem. Three or four guys
throwing nasty names at one person would certainly be ganging.

Mere expression of dissenting or unpopular views impersonally expressed about general topics should not be defined as in themselves insulting, even if others choose to leave the forum because exposed to such views.