In-group minorities gain indirect influence because their views meet tolerance not rebuttal.

Evidence

Research has shown that in-group minorities tend to be tolerated and can lead to indirect influence over time (Crano & Alvaro, 1998; Nemeth, 1986). As an in-group (German and/or Aryan) source, the Nazis were politely tolerated, and little effort was made to counterargue against their positions. — Leonard S. Newman and Ralph Erber (eds.), Understanding Genocide, 951

Categorization

• XREF: Directly links the minority-influence mechanism to the Holocaust case the reader wants to bridge. — connects to: Minorities aligned with the broader Zeitgeist exert more influence than those arguing against it — Leonard S. Newman and Ralph Erber (eds.), Understanding Genocide: The Social…, 945; Minority influence requires majority acceptance of the minority as legitimate in-group; Majority group cohesion, not weakness, is the precondition for minority influence — Roderick M. Kramer, Geoffrey J. Leonardelli, Robert W. Livingston, Social Cognition, Social Identity, and…, 1415

Broader Connections

• Minority influence requires majority acceptance of the minority as legitimate in-group #qualifies (0.85)
• Majority group cohesion, not weakness, is the precondition for minority influence #corroborates (0.75) — Roderick M. Kramer, Geoffrey J. Leonardelli, Robert W. Livingston, Social Cognition, Social Identity, and…, 1415