blind advocacy
Support without scrutiny
Blind advocacy is unwavering support for a person, cause, or position without critical examination of its merits or flaws.
The blindness suggests willful ignorance—refusing to see evidence that might complicate one's stance: His blind advocacy for the candidate persisted despite mounting scandals.
The term is typically pejorative, implying that loyalty has overtaken judgment.
- echo chamberSelf-reinforcing information environment
- hive mindUnified group consciousness
- blindersFlaps limiting peripheral vision
- dogmaUnchallengeable official beliefs
- tribalismIn-group loyalty, out-group hostility
us versus them · confirmation bias · groupthink · drinking the Kool-Aid · factionalism · willful ignorance · deaf ears · misinformation · emotional reasoning · rubber stamp · tunnel vision · partisanship · true believer · identity politics · circle the wagons · purity test · propaganda · motivated reasoning
- disabilitydisability rights, disability culture, disability activism, disability services, disability identity
- blind serviceswhite cane, Louis Braille, guide dog, guide dogs, braille alphabet
- blindnessblindness, total blindness, partial blindness, low vision, legal blindness