davidhperry
01-06-2008, 01:08 AM
In the comments after the Iowa caucus, the question of suffering from groupthink was raised and I think it is a valid one.
Oftentimes, people on this forum (myself included) will post various bits of news and information about the campaign effort. Sometimes it's poll results, what the campaign did that was good/bad, etc. and there is a tendency for many people to become overly emotional and believe that the comments of the OP represent reality. When in fact, these may be examples of isolated incidents. The majority of the time, the OP means well and is trying to update the community in order to help the cause. However, I think we're reading too far into these things sometimes.
Regardless of good or bad news, I think we should take many things with a grain of salt more than we have been. I see too many people getting overly hyped up and/or disappointed based on the comments expressed by one person. With that said, there are very definite things about this campaign that have been positive and negative and I want to draw a distinction between those things and what I'm talking about.
Am I off base or does this make any sense?
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Oftentimes, people on this forum (myself included) will post various bits of news and information about the campaign effort. Sometimes it's poll results, what the campaign did that was good/bad, etc. and there is a tendency for many people to become overly emotional and believe that the comments of the OP represent reality. When in fact, these may be examples of isolated incidents. The majority of the time, the OP means well and is trying to update the community in order to help the cause. However, I think we're reading too far into these things sometimes.
Regardless of good or bad news, I think we should take many things with a grain of salt more than we have been. I see too many people getting overly hyped up and/or disappointed based on the comments expressed by one person. With that said, there are very definite things about this campaign that have been positive and negative and I want to draw a distinction between those things and what I'm talking about.
Am I off base or does this make any sense?
If you haven't already, please sign up at http://voters.ronpaul2008.com/. This is, by far, the most efficient and effective mechanism for all of us to work towards a successful election outcome for Dr. Paul. Be sure to watch the grassroots training videos as well.