Shit, dude, I moderate a default subreddit. We ban people for hate speech and unban them for haikus. Any guesses what percentage of hate speech-employing redditors are incapable of correctly executing a haiku the first time? Any guesses as to how they generally respond for being told they're not allowed to call people faggots just 'cuz their no-homo internet bros think it's cool? So don't worry 'bout frustration; my tolerance is pretty high.

Go moderate the rest of those fucking subs and watch your life slowly slip away underneath your fedora. You think me saying faggot is hateful? You are a moderator of a sub that literally calls out a redditor and hates on him. Fucking hypocrite cunt

Anyways. That's another tab in the browser. To the point:

The mechanism you're talking about is tribalism. This is how we can form a visceral hatred of NE Patriots fans, or suddenly revile that nice couple you've been hanging out with when it's revealed that they're Republicans. Simply put, our identity is tied up in our allegiances and the stronger those allegiances, the greater our identity. More than that, once someone has been coerced into doing something they wouldn't do if it weren't for the tribalism, they're driven further into the tribe. This is the mechanism employed in hazing - one of us, one of us, one of us, etc. Works great for Kony et. al.

It gets to the point where someone who has nothing against, say, smart people will happily shout for intellectuals to be shot because whoever is telling the dogs how to bark has dictated that intellectuals should be shot. In the end, the tribe matters more than other social allegiances, and if it's useful for the tribe leader to wipe out the intellectuals, the intellectuals will be wiped out.