Hoffer doesn’t say bad mass movements are like that, he says all mass movements are like that, according to the article: “ Hoffer writes that “in a mass moveme

Hoffer doesn’t say bad mass movements are like that, he says all mass movements are like that, according to the article: “ Hoffer writes that “in a mass movement, the air is heavy-laden with suspicion…the faithful strive to escape suspicion by adhering zealously to prescribed behavior and opinion…” Totally specious. How is this true of the civil rights movement, or the gay rights movement , or the movement for labor rights (pensions, 8 hour workdays, weekends) in the first half of the 20th century? The whole piece is painting mass movements with a broad brush because the author doesn’t like certain specific recent ones.