” People will provoke you until they bring out your ugly side, and then play victim when you go there. “
“Woke people.”
— Melian
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Interesting how your giffy apparently could apply (in the poster’s side note), to the provocative manner of speech by POTUS Trump (”Woke people”).
The “ugly” that these provoked people “bring”, regularly sets up against Trump’s words and opinions as a provocation, in a way that is not far removed from the reaction of those possessed when seeing the Crucifix, every time he opens his mouth.
Failing to recognize any truth or substance in his utterances, they fill first with visceral hate for him, frantic they leap to disfigure what he says.
Invested in their own Different message and Different direction, the offended are repelled by him, his speech, becoming like seers, they divine him as evil and lie about what he says and for speaking at all.
Threatened, for holding their own forces together they increase the noise among them and align against him, sounding as if they are a battalion. 🙄
Having tried for years to get him to go away, they tried to cancel him.
Finally after whipping up the atmospherics, finally they see him take a shell to the head.. that topped his ear, by the grace of God.
They cheered. Then, discouraged, openly suggested it should be tried again.
Life lesson... the psychology unleashed by the woke and offended is a greater clinical question than his “provocative” manner, because he directly asserts his speech and won’t stop.
Good post.