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I know a lot of these guys from when i know a lot of these guys from when i have _ i know a lot of these guys from when i have been— i know a lot of these guys from when i have been going into school. when they are _ i have been going into school. when they are on — i have been going into school. when they are on their own you can have a very reasonable conversation with them, _ very reasonable conversation with them, they arent nice lads but put them _ them, they arent nice lads but put the...

Organised groups are offputting, though the inevitable infighting might be an incentive to join, purely from an entertainment point of view

In the cycle. >> some have said if you voted for trump it feels like a personal attack. he is the worst president ever. sometimes you got to say the truth. but how hard is it to -- here is the sort of ultimate question to me. in 2016 trump was the intentional focus from the first moment and never let go of it. how much does the intentional focus beyond positive/negative, you know, sounding good or not sounding good matter in this kind of group enterprise. >> a lot of it has to do with the five m...

Hes the worst president ever. how hard is it to -- heres the ultimate question. in 2016, trump was the focus from the moment and never lead go of being the intentional focus. how much does the attentional focus beyond positive-negative sounding good or not matter in this kind of group enterprise? >> a lot has to do with the five moderators coming from msnbc and telemundo that are going to be leading and choosing the questions. its a very hard thing to answer your point about group mentality and ...

Ways that we dont yet fully understand. most journalists these days are in congressional committees or at zoning board meetings or using -- theyre sitting on twitter talking to one another and this produces this extreme groupthink where these orthodoxies arrive in deviating from them or questioning them or challenging, believe me, results in all kinds of recrimination and scorn. embracing them produces a sort of in group mentality where you are rewarded, and i think a lot of it is about that kin...

It might be obama care and health care as a whole. it is easy to get lost in the sound and all of that, but you have to focus on what you have. >> when people turn off, when the electorate chips away at democracy by feeling like i dont want to be part of it, it has a stronger impact. we know that high turn out elections tend to benefit the party. >> and voter hes who are excited for something tend to come out in bigger numbers when they have that group mentality like we are in this together. 41%...

And when this happens, its oh, i cant believe these guys play this way. its football. its not a fourth grade at recess. >> mike. -- >> its not football. so many teams have come out and said that sort of behavior would never happen in our locker room and i think whats troubling, youre here saying rightly so, theres a fine line. this is way over the line, but you ask the dolphins, theyre sticking up for incognito. theyre saying, well, this is not the situation that you understand it and the rest o...

>> im going to suggest the possibility that both the person who was driving the suv and most of the bicyclists or motorcycle enthusiasts whatever you want to call them, both thought they were doing the right thing. i dont think this is the gang bang whatever that everybody has made it out to. >> it is assault you know that. you said four days ago this was not a gang situation. and i still disagree with that. i think theres very clear this is group mentality. this is not a motorcycle bike swarm. ...

Is group mentality. this is not a motorcycle bike swarm. this is a motorcycle gang. theyve been charged with gang assault. >> but its not an actual gang. >> what is an actual gang? what is that? >> gang is the hells angels or gang that actually has a place. i would assume. [ overlapping speakers ] >> they meet the definition. >> you have to meet a definition of what a gang is. you know that. this is not necessarily the definition of a gang. >> so the charge is wrong now? the charge is wrong? >> ...

Destruction. >> steve: right. muslims find offensetive any depiction of mohammed in any fashion at all. even in the comics as we heard a couple of years ago where the danish cartoonist was killed. >> yes. but -- >> steve: this particular film, though, is extraordinary where it depicts mohammed as a sex fiend. >> one may take offense and one may take issue. one may boycott. at the point at which you therefore say, these people must die because of what they have said and the way theyve offended me...