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Originally posted by Gman.357
In your view, is a conformist anyone who follows the "majority" way of thinking, or anyone who fits in comfortably with any particular categorical viewpoint?
Can one conform to being a "radical"?
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I'll accept the definition I found at
www.dictionary.com
"A person who uncritically or habitually conforms to the customs, rules, or styles of a group."
I think they key word in that definition is "uncritically".
Can people conform to being a "radical"? I suppose it's possible but highly unlikely because radicals favour revolutionary change. It's much easier to "uncritically" conform to the status quo. One assumes that to favour and advocate "revolutionary change" you must have at least thought about it first. Conformists believe the media or the government or their priest or guru when they really should be thinking about things themselves. It's simply accepting the views of beliefs of something or someone else instead of expending the necessary brainpower to work it out for yourself based on your value system and/or code of ethics.