The left have to use outrage and offense because they cannot use the truth witho

The left have to use outrage and offense because they cannot use the truth without exposing themselves. so in the absence of the ability to use the truth, they withdraw their cooperation and threaten to defect. We respond to threats of withdrawl (defection) as severely as we respond to threats or cases of cheating.

This is a profoundly important concept in the study of the left’s behavior.

There is a lot of research now confirming our reaction to cheaters and the high costs we are willing to pay to punish and prevent it. MEN are more sensitive to it.

But there is less research on how to confirm our reaction to defectors and rejection. WOMEN are more sensitive to it.

We struggle at all times to retain group integrity. We are wired for it. It affects us pre-cognitively, just as music affects us pre-cognitively (as a holdover from our pre-rational past).