Board Thread:General Discussion/@comment-37553158-20191113030504/@comment-35901641-20191122153742

Ok, I am sad. I learned that a long time ago there was a Disney film which showed lemmings rushing off the edge of a cliff and then swimming straight out into the ocean where they would die. (I guess this is what the expression I have heard refers to). But then I read that there were people behind the scenes in that Disney film who were actually pushing and forcing the little rodents off of the cliff!

So to anyone who is familiar with lemming behavior, do you know if they actually are known to stampede down cliffs (or whatever) to their ultimate death? Is it possible that this outrageous (if true) behavior by Disney could be what is responsible for the creation of a fairly common expression? If so, it is pretty scary to think how easy it was to manipulate things behind the scene to completely influence what people believe to be true. Oh, wait!! That *@#$ is still going on today.