I subjected this information to some debate testing earlier, and got about the reaction I was expecting. Conservatives sniffing it curiously but unsure what to make of it. Liberals freaking out and calling it pseudoscience.
One lib in partiuclar claimed he’d never heard of such a theory, and he studied environmental science for seven years (before dropping out to surf and smoke the reefer), although he did catch on pretty quick.
Interestingly, when I told him, ‘Look you’re the test subject here, bunny rabbit. I’m curious to see if this Revlon mascara causes irritation and death, not if you like the color, dig?”, that both got a laugh and shut them up.
I’ll continue testing, but my initial impression is that there’s a very steep grade between initial comprehension and acceptance. I think people get the basic idea very quickly, but there needs to be a good intermediate rung to grasp next. Libs wanted to tear it down. Conservatives kind of liked it but weren’t sold.
It’s going to be a new language to most people, so you a good set of layman definitions and talking points will be invaluable. I had to refer people to the Wiki page for more information after sending them to your website, and it was a bit dry. The broader audience will need something more accessible.
Step forward w R foot, R snakehand to the windpipe, step forward w L foot L hand grips their shoulder the R palm heel strikes upward on the jaw, seizes back of the head and pulls down to meet a rising R knee to the face, then R foot is placed behind you and you pivot to throw using a rolling heel trip, optional followup stomp to the base of the skull. Search them for valuables and firearms, then move on to the next liberal.
Oh, rats...I forgot all about the talking part. I keep missing that one.
>Conservatives sniffing it curiously but unsure what to make of it. Liberals freaking out and calling it pseudoscience.
I have seen the same phenomenon on both sides. I don’t know why some Conservatives don’t immediately see it like Liberals do. It is like they don’t see the mechanism. Maybe it is being presented wrong. Or maybe Conservatives, being group animals, need it to have social proof, in the form of fellow Conservatives validating it. Or, being hyper-logical, they need enormous amounts of data and lots of time to think, to render well considered conclusions?
Weirder still because Libs see it immediately, and freak. They wouldn’t freak, if they thought it was bogus. They see something in it which makes them agree, and it poses a threat. Something about their worldview, resonates with the theory.
>Interestingly, when I told him, ‘Look you’re the test subject here, bunny rabbit. I’m curious to see if this Revlon mascara causes irritation and death, not if you like the color, dig?”, that both got a laugh and shut them up.
Interesting. A subtle presentation of violent stimuli, and perfectly done. They are the bunny rabbit, and you are just toying with them to see if they die.
>I’ll continue testing, but my initial impression is that there’s a very steep grade between initial comprehension and acceptance. I think people get the basic idea very quickly, but there needs to be a good intermediate rung to grasp next.
That may have to come from someone else. There is a cost to being in as deep as I am. I have seen this for so long, I no longer remember what it was like to have not seen it, or what it would have taken to convince me, and take me from prone to running.
>Libs wanted to tear it down. Conservatives kind of liked it but weren’t sold.
This is puzzling. Why does it hit people like you so hard? What is different about how you view the world, that it hits you between the eyes. What is different about how other Conservatives, who don’t see it innately, view the world, that they think it may be right, but doesn’t really relate to the debate, or have any utility?
>It’s going to be a new language to most people, so you a good set of layman definitions and talking points will be invaluable.
Excellent point. I will think about that for a day, and then begin putting something together.
Kinda funny you took the name Steel Wolf. Did you by any chance spend time around a real wolf/wolves?