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originally posted by: TzarChasm
I know this isn't going to sit well with certain types who enjoy clapping back on all manner of topics, but here's a suggestion that I promise is useful.
Don't react.
The more you react, the more it motivates them. The more angry and hostile and aggressive you become, regardless of principle, the more opportunities they have. Don't give them a chance to play victim. If they continue to create demons where demons don't exist, the lack of response will clear the fog and leave them wrestling with their own invisible paranoia.
Just don't react.
They'll hate it.
originally posted by: chris_stibrany
a reply to: lordcomac
Them gates/fences and Guard are still there?!?!
What is the possible excuse now?!!?
originally posted by: PurpleFox
originally posted by: TzarChasm
I know this isn't going to sit well with certain types who enjoy clapping back on all manner of topics, but here's a suggestion that I promise is useful.
Don't react.
The more you react, the more it motivates them. The more angry and hostile and aggressive you become, regardless of principle, the more opportunities they have. Don't give them a chance to play victim. If they continue to create demons where demons don't exist, the lack of response will clear the fog and leave them wrestling with their own invisible paranoia.
Just don't react.
They'll hate it.
No. That’s the reason we are in the mess, because the “gareAtEsT gEnErAtiOn” literally did nothing, or did not react, as the government did whatever the hell they wanted for decades.
So no. Thanks though.
originally posted by: TzarChasm
originally posted by: PurpleFox
originally posted by: TzarChasm
I know this isn't going to sit well with certain types who enjoy clapping back on all manner of topics, but here's a suggestion that I promise is useful.
Don't react.
The more you react, the more it motivates them. The more angry and hostile and aggressive you become, regardless of principle, the more opportunities they have. Don't give them a chance to play victim. If they continue to create demons where demons don't exist, the lack of response will clear the fog and leave them wrestling with their own invisible paranoia.
Just don't react.
They'll hate it.
No. That’s the reason we are in the mess, because the “gareAtEsT gEnErAtiOn” literally did nothing, or did not react, as the government did whatever the hell they wanted for decades.
So no. Thanks though.
My advice was strictly in regard to misinformation authorities and their grasping efforts to appear relevant. But keep being your best revolutionary self.
And you're welcome.
originally posted by: PurpleFox
originally posted by: TzarChasm
originally posted by: PurpleFox
originally posted by: TzarChasm
I know this isn't going to sit well with certain types who enjoy clapping back on all manner of topics, but here's a suggestion that I promise is useful.
Don't react.
The more you react, the more it motivates them. The more angry and hostile and aggressive you become, regardless of principle, the more opportunities they have. Don't give them a chance to play victim. If they continue to create demons where demons don't exist, the lack of response will clear the fog and leave them wrestling with their own invisible paranoia.
Just don't react.
They'll hate it.
No. That’s the reason we are in the mess, because the “gareAtEsT gEnErAtiOn” literally did nothing, or did not react, as the government did whatever the hell they wanted for decades.
So no. Thanks though.
My advice was strictly in regard to misinformation authorities and their grasping efforts to appear relevant. But keep being your best revolutionary self.
And you're welcome.
If not me, who? If not now, when?
originally posted by: asabuvsobelow
a reply to: v1rtu0s0
Lets unpack that , The United States Government is so afraid of people having a free voice on Twitter that they scramble together the " Ministry of Truth " and then demand that said ministry has editing powers of Twitter.
I'm not sure if this is Scary or Sad .
originally posted by: marg6043
originally posted by: asabuvsobelow
a reply to: v1rtu0s0
Lets unpack that , The United States Government is so afraid of people having a free voice on Twitter that they scramble together the " Ministry of Truth " and then demand that said ministry has editing powers of Twitter.
I'm not sure if this is Scary or Sad .
Is call unconstitutional and Elon Musk is going to take them all to the courts he will sue the crap out of the federal government and have a great time do it.
That will only happen if congress decides to fund the ministry of nazi gestabo.
I can think of nothing more crippling than the passive resistance you espouse. Actually, not reacting provides them with justification for aggression and emboldens them. Reaction fills them with doubt and uncertainty, makes them question their conviction, whether they're in the right or wrong. For instance, the reaction to Prohibition demonstrates how unpopular these demands were.
originally posted by: TzarChasm
I know this isn't going to sit well with certain types who enjoy clapping back on all manner of topics, but here's a suggestion that I promise is useful.
Don't react.
The more you react, the more it motivates them. The more angry and hostile and aggressive you become, regardless of principle, the more opportunities they have. Don't give them a chance to play victim. If they continue to create demons where demons don't exist, the lack of response will clear the fog and leave them wrestling with their own invisible paranoia.
Just don't react.
They'll hate it.
originally posted by: dandandat2
What is it with liberals today that they keep advancing authoritarianism? They do understand that one day they might not be in power and that same authoritarianism is going to be used against them right?
Amendment I
Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press; or the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and to petition the government for a redress of grievances.
However, we have final editorial control as part of redefining “a more perfect union” by insisting on a democracy rather than a representative republic and alteration of representation of the states by a populist election ending that pesky bicameral part of just legislation with inherent the checks and balances for separation of the People and the States as entities.
originally posted by: v1rtu0s0
I think we are going to learn the hard way, as a country, that when your government takes power, it never gives it back. Case in point, the ministry of truth (Yes, I know what the official name is, but I refuse to call it that) is a DHS agency. The DHS was originally created to combat "terrorism." As we saw, it continued to grow and take on new "responsibilities." Like all government agencies, they continue to grow overtime, unchecked. Last year the government spent over 6 trillion, while only taking in 3 trillion. It's easy to grow when you can just spend unlimited money and add unlimited debt.
In this brave new world, the real war is a psychological one. The government is able to take power by declaring that something is an issue of national security, or that it's a public health emergency. Now "misinformation" can be used for the justification of either. By giving people the "wrong" information, you could be aiding the enemy, or preventing them from taking a miracle vaccine. So whats the problem with having scary poppin's edit your tweets? It turns out that free speech is the absolute foundation of a democratic society, and when you lose that you might as well become China, because when that goes away so does your free will.
SOURCE
They are the authoritarians they’ve been waiting for. ☹️
originally posted by: dandandat2
What is it with liberals today that they keep advancing authoritarianism? They do understand that one day they might not be in power and that same authoritarianism is going to be used against them right?