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Thoughts on bully tactics?

I’ve been experiencing & witnessing some really vicious cyber bullying. Leftists in my own family attacking me for voicing my conservative opinions on line. They really seem to have a need to SHUT DOWN any dissenting world views!! It’s having the opposite effect. Makes me more determined to share. The culture war is real!! Which side of the cultural divide do you find to be more aggressive or violent?

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Elizabethrose 5 Mar 28
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There is no option for Both of the Above. Those who are placed into, born into, or migrate to the 2 Party System of Plunder (right or left) are halves of the same despotic coin that depends entirely upon so-called bullying: 1. Deception, 2. Threats of Aggressive Violence, 3. Demonstrations of Torturous, Terrifying, Murderous, Aggressive Violence.

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Liberals and the left...but I also see it on the other right, but far less. If the right can understand the basis of the lefts concerns while dodging and weaving through the drama, their concerns can often easily be addressed and solutions offered.

"Grant give me the serenity to accept the things I cannot change the courage to change the things I can and the wisdom to know the difference" Niebuhr

Sometimes I think the extreme left -care too much, have too little and poor information. I think we could say that about any extreme anything.
Everyone else might be best served by finding a path of balance.

When I started participating in social media, I made a deal with myself to be polite and never insult, to try and offer something useful...not to contradict and confuse.
.......then I learned how ugly and sad social media can be.....
New rule to the deal...When dealing with bullying and nasty....either offer something positive or ignore it. It takes two to fight.

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Read Joshua 1:1-9, I will be praying that you'll receive strength to endure and overcome the simpleton minds attacks on you, as Moses said, " Be strong, and very courageous"!

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The left are not interested in hearing YOUR opinion - only hearing THEIR opinion coming out of YOUR mouth.

Ever notice while they espouse " free Speech " - should YOUR opinion differ from theirs - suddenly your shouted down and jeered and screamed at by those foaming at the mouth screaming socialist diatribe in an attempt to " PREVENT your opinion " from even being heard. ....this is Freedom of Speech?

Just throw them this line in response to shut THEM down: In order for me to be offended, firstly I have to respect your opinion....an that's NEVER gonna happen - so good luck with that.

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Just be truthful. Just do your homework and be well thought out. Most leftist ideas a fundmentally illogical and open to quick and thoughtful takedowns. The most pragmatic and truthful will win in the long run. That is "logos" - the kingdom of God.

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I find it rather disturbing that facts don't matter anymore when it comes to the Liberal side of things. That is, unless the facts work in their favor... which, often times, it doesn't.

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I see a lot of violence coming from the left on campuses, at pro life vigils, shutting down conservative speakers. Antifa weaponizing
public events etc. I’m thinking the reasoning
Is flawed so violence & name calling is the go
To method of people without logic or science
to back up their stance. Conservatives are too
busy working & living their lives to keep up! Hollywood, mainstream media, schools = full leftist!
Canada & the USA
Are leftists winning the culture war? Seems that way

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In my experience, people on the left tend to have a kind of religious justification for their bullying. They feel morally justified in bullying and belittling any dissenters because they believe their position is the only moral position. It makes me think of religious extremists persecuting infidels or blasphemers. I find this ironic because they seem to also be secularists largely due to the fact that religious groups have engaged in that kind of persecution in the past.

In the words of the great philosopher Ocasio-Cortez "it's better to be morally right than factually accurate."
I don't suppose it ever occurred to her that she could be both.

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Personally I think people who use this new definition of “bully” need a punch in the mouth and a kick in the ... butt.
There’s folks in my family tree who sought to shut me down and got their asses handed to them. They now keep their crap to themselves.
They have complained that I’m not “being fair” ... my answer is you haven’t got the brains God gave a Gnat ... you haven’t a single original thought in your head ... so I have no need to care about “being fair”.
Simpletons deserve to be ignored.

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Reasoning with Liberals is usually unproductive. "

"“To argue with a person who has renounced the use of reason is like administering medicine to the dead.” Thomas Paine

This is a profound quote. It really speaks to me right now. THANKYOU

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I am more on the conservative side, not sure it's considered the right anymore by mainstream definitions. The progressive side has reached a level of aggression I have never seen. If you try to even get them to explain their perspective so that you may attempt to understand their view, you get attacked.

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I have never met a Conservative that I felt the fight or flight response. Liberals on multiple occasions.

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If there was a 'Centrist, Neo-Liberal' option I would have ticked that.

Stand up Blair, Macron and Hilary Clinton and their supporters. War-mongers abroad, oppressive at home, intolerant of dissenters.

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Attempts to suppress viewpoints are futile.
[en.wikipedia.org]

Great example! This is a positive take on the phenomenon. Leftist tactic do seem to low up in their faces a lot!

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I think the aggression has always been there for both aspects. With the birth of social media, initially people could hide behind the anonymity. After the younger generation, now mostly Liberals, grew up developing their anonymous aggressions, they are now using those aggressions both online and offline.

So true! The internet is a mixed blessing! Our information highway has some very real consequences

@HereNow Exactly!
Power corrupts... and although the power of anonymity is a paltry one, it has corrupted a many people and social media is rife with it.

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