Soft & Quiet (2022)

A teacher has organized an inaugural meeting of a women's group. Though the ten or so attendees are a diverse bunch in situation -- an ex-con, a business owner, a young retail worker, a mother, etc. -- they are not racially diverse, which is pretty much the point of the meeting. They're there to make plans on how to advocate for the Aryan race with "soft and quiet" rather than in-your-face methods. When the meeting breaks up and a handful of them encounter a couple of non-white women against whom the teacher holds a grudge, the night starts to get out of control.

Though I didn't buy all of the events, I do think mob mentality & the phenomenon of following a loud voice who shares your core beliefs (even when you don't like the loud mouth) are real things. Without thinking things through, going along with the group can feel both right and like the challenge you've been waiting for -- which is why this story being told in real-time is, I think, the only reason it works at all.

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