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Comment author: buybuydandavis 12 February 2015 02:16:13AM 0 points [-]

Social pressure can be good and bad.

Social pressure that steers some people to what they would prefer will steer others away. If people have basic goodwill, what you'd expect to see is the more typical people benefiting, while the more atypical would be harmed.