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John Haupt's avatar

We can all agree…

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Ernie Boxall's avatar

How can you say "it fails?" In 2020 the diseased biden was wheeled over the finishing line on the back of "Trump's a Nazi."..."Trump’s a rapist."... "Drumph is a Russian asset." That fuxxing bullshit worked and destroyed the REPUBLIC for generations.

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marlene's avatar

I don't believe this the actual cause of destroying our Republic. Our judicial supremacists won that war!

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Ernie Boxall's avatar

True, the democrat/rino judiciary played their part aided by the bast*rds in the media. One fed the other. The truth remains that the Republic is broken.

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Rust's avatar

Nice to have a word for what I encounter 24/7 on social media.

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Rita Skeeter's avatar

OMG, I have an ongoing argumentum tantranum occurring in my mind toward all those who coerced mRNA shots on children and adults to work, travel or attend public events. I don't project the emotion outward, I use pithy comments based on facts or say nothing at all. It requires mental and emotional discipline; it is not easy to override a natural reflex when frustrated. I watched an Iranian Professor spiral quickly into A.T. on Piers Morgan, where he could not rise above resorting to vacillating between attacking PIers with two insults, to which Piers responded eventually with cutting the feed due to the tedium of it. I notice some sub stackers are falling into the A.T. trap. When readers are overwhelmed by the author's outrage some fall into the fawn response. I think we all need to be aware of the very salient points you made in this article so we can avoid being bullied by the 'pens' of commentators or authors and avoid engaging in the tactic ourselves.

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The Real Mary Rose's avatar

Never heard this term but very happy to discover there is a name for what certain people do (and we know who they are) ad nauseam.

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Donna's avatar

Students are being encouraged to display this behavior in public to get their way. They seem to believe that if they drown out a speaker with their noisy tantrums, they "win." And if the speaker tries to engage them rationally, they "walk away." Perhaps spreading far and wide the bit you mentioned about this behavior being considered an "admission that one has lost the debate" would make some of them pause to consider what they are doing before simply projectile vomiting self-righteous abuse?

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Shortsweetcook's avatar

Love this. Thanks for all the work you do.

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marlene's avatar

It seems modern democrats are really classical after all. LOL!

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marlene's avatar

Thanks for the ammunition, Mr. Lyons-Weiler. You just improved my vocabulary de rigueur!

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Ellen's avatar

Yep! Like the "feedback" Dr Madhava Setty got here - https://madhavasetty.substack.com/p/kennedys-dismissal-of-sitting-acip

And the comments this loving mother received from the trans activist cult after posting about her gay son being on harmful drugs, a path to castration, and taught to hate himself. "Your daughter deserves better than you"

https://stilltish.substack.com/p/escalating

This concept is a great explanation for what the "public health" establishment (and trans cult who listen to the "it's safe" BS from the "public health" establishment) do - "Guardians of Decay"

https://thewhirl.substack.com/p/the-guardian-of-decay-how-broken

"When the system starts to crack, lies lose gravity, silence starts to rupture, and something predictable happens. Figures emerge, not to heal or reform but to preserve the rot, not to confront collapse but to cover it.

These are the Guardians of Decay.

They show up with soft voices, professional status, or therapeutic concerns. But their true purpose is to intercept the moment of recognition and smother it in sentiment, jargon, or shame.

They do not argue. They distract.

They do not reason. They reframe.

They do not protect people. They protect the institution that makes them feel safe.

They're not hired guns. They're activated automatons."

Thanks for being a voice of reason in these times ... much appreciate your responses to how the official narrative attacks RFK Jr .. (although I am curious how the MAHA Report ended up with what seems like flawed citations that weren't really corrected ... as of yet I haven't heard a rebuttal to that ...)

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