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A Conformist’s Fear of Speaking Truthfully

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A conformist is afraid to speak out and to express truly against someone or something such as an injustice, incompetency, unfairness or an exposition of bias because of a fear of being disliked by said person or a group.

Being disliked also becomes a downright fear for those that suffer with social anxiety disorder. The social anxiety sufferer is too often ostracised by society because of the narrow-minded, intolerant and egotistical people within it. The social anxiety sufferers have too much need to gratify the average conformist of which they must let go.

The social ramifications of being disliked is too much for the average conformist (and the definition of a conformist would apply to the majority of humanity, not necessarily social anxiety sufferers). There are times where the conformist (the typical human) will speak out and speak candidly against someone, something but only when influenced by their ingroup; they will do so when their social position allows them to speak with bias, fallacy and emotion, against outgroups. So, in this scenario, they still have not truly acquired the ability to speak truthfully, candidly or independently without influence from their peers.