Critics or Detractors

There is a difference in not wanting the story to change and believing the organization’s purpose is misplaced. Both can be power issues but the latter can take on an added dimension: zealotry. Zealots, though polite, cannot be reasoned with. Their analog is the person who only sees black and white. These are the people whose numerical table stops at two and ignore the infinite possibility surrounding them. They are a monochromatic spectician avoiding the intoxicating world of color and combination they live in. Are they evil? No. Are they perverse? No. They simply hold one issue at a time and your new story didn’t adequately address that issue, at least as they perceived it. Therefore, you must be stopped. When this person arises he or she provides cover for those who don’t care about the issue animating the believer but do care that you’ve changed the story. Like our first protestor theirs is about the story changing, the difference is that they wouldn’t speak up and be identified as such. However, in the discontent of the believer they have found the perfect cover for their grievance so they too join the cause.