--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, turquoiseb <no_reply@...> wrote: <snip> > While there may be a wider range of opinions expressed on > Internet forums, there is *also* "grouping," and the con- > scious attempt to gather "those of like mind" into groups. > Just look at the numerous attempts on this forum (FFL) to > try to portray a criticism of one person who practices TM > into an "attack" against all TMers. That's an attempt to > form a group, and use it for their own purposes.
Not clear what "attempts" you're referring to, but your attempt above to portray them as an attempt to form a group is itself an attempt to form a group and use it for your own purposes. And if there was ever anyone here who attempted to use criticism of one person who practices TM to attack all TMers, it would be you. "Is this the kind of person you want to become?" (pointing at the TMer you've just criticized). "Then by all means learn TM!" That's one of your stock approaches, seen many times on FFL. Thing is, that multiple people express the same perceptions doesn't mean they form a "group" except in an ad hoc sense. And I don't see many people here buying into your conspiracy theorizing about "conscious attempts" to gather people with similar perceptions into groups. It seems like one more instance of your projecting your own conscious attempts to do so onto those you don't like, to create an "us vs. them" mentality.
