Is there a single word, or a phrase, that can describe a group of people that mindlessly support someone/something regardless of the many obvious flaws they exhibit?
I suppose some context is necessary here.
I've come to personally know a rather unsavoury character over the past few months, so for the sake of the question, I'll refer to her as "N".
N is an online blogger who has somehow gained a massive fan following, despite the fact that she is evidently narcissistic, and also rather ostentatious. On top of that, N often asks her followers to provide her with criticism on her online presence, and their honest opinion of her. If the viewpoints provided even happens to be slightly negative (despite honest), the follower in question receives severe backlash from her fan following, if not from N herself.
What would be a single word that could describe N's fan following? Note that I've heard of the term "circlejerk" but I'd prefer something less vulgar, and more appropriate.
Best Answer
Zealot: "One who is zealous, esp. one who is overzealous; a fanatical partisan" Webster's New Collegiate. Zeal: "Ardor in the pursuit of anything; ardent and active interest; enthusiasm; fervor". Same reference)
I don't think, by itself, zealot captures what you are looking for. How about wacko zealot? Wacko "a person who is crazy or very strange and unusual" Merriam Webster. or demented zealot Demented: "insane, mad" Webster's New Collegiate
Sentence: N's fans are a bunch of wacko zealots; they'd be funny if the existence of people like that weren't so scary.