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cheyanne

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1. Stabbed in the back phrase is part of the "ideological purity" phase of an extremist group.

Reply to el_bryanto (Original post)

Thu Oct 17, 2013, 11:58 AM

Oct 2013

It's also known as eating your own.

When the group has been defeated over and over again, then their conspiracy theory is no longer enough to explain why they can't win. That's when they start to blame their own members. The group should get smaller as it loses adherents who are tired of losing and the members expelled for ideological purity. The hard core that is left is more extreme and more delusional.

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Why talk about being "Stabbed in the Back" is Ominous [View all] el_bryanto Oct 2013 OP

Stabbed in the back phrase is part of the "ideological purity" phase of an extremist group. cheyanne Oct 2013 #1

That's true - but if the leaders of the Tea Party can successfully scapegoat someone el_bryanto Oct 2013 #3

Yes, it is the Yawp of the cornered loon. nt bemildred Oct 2013 #2

It's not just little frightening. It's extermly frightening. kydo Oct 2013 #4

I agree with you, but would like LibertyLover Oct 2013 #5

dolchstoßlegende QC Oct 2013 #6