I don’t remember a time in my life when I have seen more people subscribe to groupthink and group speak. A prime example is what we have as a daily diet of what is supposed to pass for “News”. The shot callers decide what the “Talking Points” for the day are, what buzz words to use, and the approved narrative for the day or particular news cycle. Then, the brain dead talking heads at each network go out and start parroting and proclaiming what they have been dictated to spew. Gone are the days of researching, verifying, or even caution to be truthful. Now, we have major stories based on “Anonymous Sources” which are sometimes just completely fabricated, unverified, hit pieces.
Sadly, we have seen the rise of “Groupthink” see WIKI for a definition. See below for the first part of the definition.
Groupthink
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Groupthink is a psychological phenomenon that occurs within a group of people in which the desire for harmony or conformity in the group results in an irrational or dysfunctional decision-making outcome. Cohesiveness, or the desire for cohesiveness, in a group may produce a tendency among its members to agree at all costs.[1] This causes the group to minimize conflict and reach a consensus decision without critical evaluation.
Take the Trump Administration, Republicans, and Conservatives for example. Obviously, the Progressives, Liberals, and Leftists despise or even absolutely hate anyone and everything that is in opposition to them. What can be described as “Trump Derangement Syndrome” is evident daily. If President Trump discovered a cure to Cancer, the Left would decry him as racist towards sick people. We have had nearly four years of insanity on display from Congress, the media, and the Left. It has been a non stop, 24/7, 365 droning of mindless babble in what used to be the mainstream media of pure, unadulterated hatred of Trump and Trump Voters. Hypocrisy has reached unfathomable heights and the Left has sunk to unbelievable lows in what they will try to inflict damage on President Trump.
It is amazing to see so many, so willing, to be believe so much, even if it is baseless, ridiculous, and completely devoid of fact. Just because you desire to believe something or want it to be true does not make it so. News cycles today are agenda driven and designed to promote ratings, not truth. News cycles are weaponized and used to destroy those who dare to think differently, challenge the veracity, or question the agenda. To say that the Media is politicized, weaponized, and agenda driven is a gross understatement. The likes of which have not be seen since the fall of the Soviet Union and Pravda.
Groupthink and group speak is designed to promote conformity to the agenda which is promoted by one side or the other of what is currently a supercharged, politicized division in this country based on which political ideology one subscribes too. Sadly, one side subscribes to the belief system which dictates that the ends justify the means and that truth is subjective. As ridiculous, false, and flawed as this is, nearly one half of the people of this country eagerly accept whatever is presented as factual, without question. These are dangerous times and groupthink and group speak must not be tolerated. Question everything.
