John Werth
1 min readFeb 9, 2024

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Group think is universal and nobody can ever truly understand another person's point of view. The absolute worst by a country mile are religious, but everybody is susceptible. Women rallying behind a fallen comrade and railing at men in general has been a thing since forever.

You may have noticed most men appear utterly clueless about women's issues and entirely disinterested in learning. Those in power are the worst - for instance, Black people have to figure out how to deal with white people, but not the reverse. Ditto for gay v. straight, non-Christian v. Christians, etc.

Part of belonging to a minority (or an oppressed majority, as in the case of women) is needing a working knowledge of the people who run things. The opposite is not true.

There is another problem, such as conservative Christians. They're a minority, but they might as well be living in a hermetically sealed dome as far as escaping their group think.

As the less powerful sex, women have always had to form social support groups. And a lot of their seems-to-be blindness turns out upon inspection to be justified.

I always wonder about people who harp about group think, given that most folks are blind to their own.

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John Werth
John Werth

Written by John Werth

Musician and conductor, repairer of woodwinds, owner of dogs, band director, lapsed mathematician, and scribbler of thoughts on humor, politics or both at once.

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