Groups tolerate dissent unless it threatens identity-defining core beliefs

Evidence

Of course, all bets are off if the out-group is seen as actively attempting to undermine the central core beliefs of the in-group, that is, the features that make the group a group. In that circumstance, a powerful riposte can be expected from the threatened in-group; indeed, in their discussion of the leniency model of minority influence, Crano and Seyranian (2009) argued that even in-group minorities that threaten important identity-defining features of the majority will be cast out into the outer darkness, otherwise known as the out-group. — Roderick M. Kramer, Geoffrey J. Leonardelli, Robert W. Livingston, Social Cognition, Social Identity, and…, 1407

Categorization

• XREF: connects to: Volunteer groups suppress politically troubling topics to protect group cheer — Nina Eliasoph, “Close to home”: The work of avoiding…, 96; Consensus-based protest groups deliberately suppress individual prominence to preserve collective identity. — Vincent Bevins, If We Burn: The Mass Protest Decade and…, 358; Critiques of essentialism and identity politics can silence marginalized groups themselves — bell hooks, Teaching to Transgress: Education as…, 168 (+3 more)