The Exigent Duality
Every Trick - 15:29 CST, 1/21/20 (Sniper)
My employer invited a speaker today for a big, whole-company meeting. I'd link straight to the speaker's web site, but as always I have to be very careful to not risk accidentally identifying my employer.

In any event, the speaker had a weak chin, a small feminine nose, no discernible adam's apple, a thin lispy voice, "chin-thrust" female mannerism while speaking, and big thick-rimmed black glasses.

I went to his Twitter feed, and sure enough he was a walking cliche, promoting lots of common Leftist strawmen bashing and crazy conspiracy theory myths, such as "vaccines are universally great" (video with some creepy dancing woman), the "anthropogenic climate change" nonsense, and female "wage gap" model, among others. It's amazing how predictably low "T" levels impact a man's political views to become feminized.

In any event, one of the things this fellow "re-tweeted" was how to convince a "climate denier" (blasphemer!):

  1. Reframe solutions as upholding the stability/longevity of the current social system.
  2. Reframe solutions in terms of maintaining Earth's purity.
  3. Highlight the overwhelming scientific consensus on global heating to promote the perception that climate change acceptance is the norm.
  4. Give people a chance to affirm their personal values prior to the conversation.

Translated:

  1. Tell the racist that nothing will change with their white hegemonic society (strawman).
  2. Manipulate their emotions; Conservatives value "sanctity" / "purity" (Jonathan Heidt, "The Righteous Mind").
  3. Commit the "lots of people believe XYZ so XYZ must be true" fallacy. Deliberately mis-represent the infamous "consensus study" by cleverly saying "global heating" versus "global heating caused directly by man" (anthropogenic). It also says "perception", not "fact". In general, this point was carefully word-smithed to produce an effect, while providing plausible deniability (it's not technically lying!).
  4. Let the blasphemer rant first so as to expend their emotional energy up front, leaving them more receptive to propaganda later. Very manipulative.

What's not among the bullets? "Produce evidence supporting the theory".

Wifey also laughed at the second point: "why would I think a planet once covered in molten lava was 'pure'?" My response: "I didn't say the above strategy would be effective for the Lefties-- I'm just explaining what the strategy is!"