Low cohesion or threat makes groups rigid against minority dissent

Evidence

In groups of low cohesion or those under threat, however, a more rigid orthodoxy is expected. Minority positions are perceived as potential threats to group integrity, and minority groups, even minority in-groups, do not fare well. — Roderick M. Kramer, Geoffrey J. Leonardelli, Robert W. Livingston, Social Cognition, Social Identity, and…, 1412

Categorization

• XREF: Connects to social identity threat dynamics and scapegoating literature; parallels the ‘rigid orthodoxy under threat’ pattern seen in organizational and political contexts. — connects to: Echo chambers are porous to networking yet resist dissonant voices. — Jürgen Habermas, A New Structural Transformation of the…, 46; Groups internalize external threat as an oath to preserve cohesion after danger recedes — Fredric Jameson, Marxism and Form, 509; Deliberation among like-minded peers pushes groups to more extreme positions. — Sander van der Linden, Foolproof: Why Misinformation Infects…, 437 (+1 more)
• corroborated: 2 independent passages support this claim — Roderick M. Kramer, Geoffrey J. Leonardelli, Robert W. Livingston, Social Cognition, Social Identity, and…, 1412