Comments by "Tony Wilson" (@tonywilson4713) on "Why Do Trumpists Turn on Trump? (Melissa Peltier Interview)" video.

  1. Its called mob psychology or peer pressure. We rarely here about peer pressure, but after the London suicide bombings it turned out to be a major factor. People were tying to understand why young mend did things like that. I remember a psychologist who studies peer pressure describing that we are only now beginning to understand how powerful of a psychological force peer pressure can be. One thing this psychologist said was that once an idea takes hold of a group, irrespective of how ludicrous it is, peer pressure prevents anyone from challenging that idea. Peer pressure acts like a social policing function: "Thou shall not challenge the group narrative."
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  2. Its called mob psychology or peer pressure. We rarely here about peer pressure, but after the London suicide bombings it turned out to be a major factor. People were tying to understand why young mend did things like that. I remember a psychologist who studies peer pressure describing that we are only now beginning to understand how powerful of a psychological force peer pressure can be. One thing this psychologist said was that once an idea takes hold of a group, irrespective of how ludicrous it is, peer pressure prevents anyone from challenging that idea. Peer pressure acts like a social policing function: "Thou shall not challenge the group narrative." Consider how they called up that woman for using the word "disappointed." They called her up for 1 word because that 1 word challenged the narrative. That should stun everyone.
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  3. You are absolutely right and its called mob psychology or peer pressure. We rarely here about peer pressure, but after the London suicide bombings it turned out to be a major factor. People were tying to understand why young mend did things like that. I remember a psychologist who studies peer pressure describing that we are only now beginning to understand how powerful of a psychological force peer pressure can be. One thing this psychologist said was that once an idea takes hold of a group, irrespective of how ludicrous it is, peer pressure prevents anyone from challenging that idea. Consider how that woman was called and told not to use the word "disappointed." She wasn't told not to speak just not to use that word because that word challenged the narrative. Peer pressure acts like a social policing function: "Thou shall not challenge the group narrative."
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