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There
is, of course, no simple explanation for why conflictineering works when
properly applied. Some reasons are apparent: people dislike any form of
conflict, and especially conflict directed to their weaknesses. The
concept of conflictineering hinges upon this aversion to conflict and
disorder. When we create focused disorder, we suddenly find in our
possession an immeasurably valuable bargaining tool -- the ability to
restore order -- that can be traded in return for the dispositional
fairness that is otherwise too often denied to the powerless members of
our society.
The media and most other people often
define conflictineering as "putting the town on trial". For example see
the media view of the
Dawson Five case.
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