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Originally Posted by Guest
Maybe it is like slowly heating/boiling the frog in hot water.
From Snopes:
"The frog’s body temperature follows its surroundings. If you put the frog directly in boiling water, it will sense the heat immediately and jump out. But when you heat the water slowly, the frog keeps adjusting to the rising temperature. When the heat is too much for the frog to take, it is too late. The frog collapses and dies."
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That's an excellent analogy and describes the situation pretty closely. Gradually getting used to one aspect as ok, then a bit more, and still some more. It actually tracks pretty well to the original expansionist tactics used by Muhammad himself in the 7th century when he lived in Mecca.
He was actually quite effective, if not brilliant, in the use of these "frog boiling" tactics as long as his followers were a significant minority. Once he had an active percentage 20% or more, and certainly when in the vicinity of 50%, the tactics changed to simple force and overt terror. It worked.