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[[NeverTrump]]er [[David French]] described the phenomena of [[groupthink]] in identity politics this way:

[[NeverTrump]]er [[David French]] described the phenomena of [[groupthink]] in identity politics this way:

{{quotebox"a [[Cass Sunstein]]<ref>Sunstein is a former [[Obama administration]] [[apparatchik]] married to Obama war criminal [[Samantha Power]] implicated in the [[FISA abuse scandal]] and credited for re-establishing the Blaacxk African [[slave]] trade after the [[Libyan war]].</ref>  academic paper, published all the way back in 1999. Surveying the relevant social science, Sunstein said, “[I]n a striking empirical regularity, deliberation tends to move groups, and the individuals who compose them, toward a more extreme point in the direction indicated by their own predeliberation judgments.”

{{quotebox|"a [[Cass Sunstein]]<ref>Sunstein is a former [[Obama administration]] [[apparatchik]] married to Obama war criminal [[Samantha Power]] implicated in the [[FISA abuse scandal]] and credited for re-establishing the Black African [[slave]] trade after the [[Libyan war]].</ref>  academic paper, published all the way back in 1999. Surveying the relevant social science, Sunstein said, “[I]n a striking empirical regularity, deliberation tends to move groups, and the individuals who compose them, toward a more extreme point in the direction indicated by their own predeliberation judgments.”

In plain English, this means that when like-minded people gather, their views get more extreme. Our arguments reinforce one another to such an extent that the entire group will sometimes become more extreme than the most extreme person at the start of the deliberation. Think of it like this—when [[gun rights]] advocates (or gun control activists) gather, do they tend to leave the meeting doubting their positions or redoubled in their commitment to advocacy? How many people leave a good Bible study loving [[Jesus]] less?

In plain English, this means that when like-minded people gather, their views get more extreme. Our arguments reinforce one another to such an extent that the entire group will sometimes become more extreme than the most extreme person at the start of the deliberation. Think of it like this—when [[gun rights]] advocates (or gun control activists) gather, do they tend to leave the meeting doubting their positions or redoubled in their commitment to advocacy? How many people leave a good Bible study loving [[Jesus]] less?