[masraum]

I think LOTS of folks don't think for themselves and just agree with someone else that's got a strong opinion, often, with the goal of being on the winning side. I think that's why peer pressure is often so effective at getting folks to do stuff that they otherwise wouldn't do. It may have intensified from the past to now where folks are trying to "fit in" more, but I don't think it's anything new. Maybe what's new is that more idiots have strong opinions and those idiots are able to win more, so the lemmings are following idiots more?