A shared meeting setting suppresses volunteered political speech that members hold privately.
Evidence
Behind the scenes, parents in the parent group spoke proudly of how multiracial their children’s circles of friends were, but in meetings, the same parents were uninterested in talking about racism. — Nina Eliasoph, “Close to home”, 98
Categorization
- QUESTION: Is the suppression driven by fear of disagreement, politeness norms, or a sense of what ‘counts’ in a volunteer meeting? Eliasoph seems to wed them.
- XREF: connects to: Volunteers collectively redirected each other’s political criticisms into private moods rather than public problems. — Nina Eliasoph, “Close to home”: The work of avoiding…, 63; Volunteer groups suppress politically troubling topics to protect group cheer — Nina Eliasoph, “Close to home”: The work of avoiding…, 96; Volunteer groups suppress political talk even though members privately care — Nina Eliasoph, Avoiding politics: how Americans…, 192 (+8 more)
Related
- Volunteers collectively redirected each other’s political criticisms into private moods rather than public problems. (similarity 0.90)
- Volunteer groups suppress politically troubling topics to protect group cheer (similarity 0.89)
- People voice political opinions privately but suppress them in group settings. (similarity 0.88)
- Volunteers welcomed structured political discussion despite avoiding it informally. (similarity 0.87)
- Political concern exists but is silenced by informal etiquette in group contexts. (similarity 0.87)
- Volunteer groups suppress political talk even though members privately care (similarity 0.86)
- Volunteer groups lack respect for open-ended discussion of unresolved issues (similarity 0.85)
- Volunteers themselves restrict political talk to preserve their civic faith (similarity 0.84)
- Civic volunteers suppress political worry publicly despite private obsession with it (similarity 0.84)
- Volunteers suppress political talk because it would sink their feeling of empowerment (similarity 0.84)
- Volunteers silence political discussion to preserve their can-do optimism (similarity 0.84)
- Skilled, organized volunteers fall silent precisely when divisive topics arise in meetings. (similarity 0.84)
- Allowing political talk into meetings risked overwhelming and drowning the group (similarity 0.83)
- Activists suppress their systemic political analyses when speaking publicly. (similarity 0.82)
- Volunteers silence political problems to keep the empowering feeling alive (similarity 0.82)
Broader Connections
- Volunteer groups suppress political talk even though members privately care
#corroborates(0.90) — Nina Eliasoph, Avoiding politics, 192 - People voice political opinions privately but suppress them in group settings.
#corroborates(0.85) - Skilled, organized volunteers fall silent precisely when divisive topics arise in meetings.
#exemplifies(0.85) — Nina Eliasoph, “Close to home”, 96 - Activists suppress their systemic political analyses when speaking publicly.
#exemplifies(0.78) — Nina Eliasoph, Avoiding politics, 88 - People voice fearful knowledge privately but suppress it in public interview settings.
#exemplifies(0.75) — Nina Eliasoph, “Close to home”, 151 - Institutional cohesion norms suppressed open dissent within the soldier group.
#exemplifies(0.72) — Moustafa Bayoumi, How Does It Feel to Be a Problem? Being…, 288