Dissent plays an important role in any society, but dissenters are often silenced through social sanctions. Beyond … dissent by providing a "social cover" for voicing otherwisestigmatized positions. Motivated by a simple theoretical framework …-immigrant expression. Our findings highlight both the power of rationales and their limitations in enabling dissent and shed light on …

compare with those of other people in their reference group. I show that conformity of actions may arise either from learning …