Posted on 11/02/2021 3:12:35 AM PDT by Kaslin
I must admit it. I must come clean. I try turning myself over to the better angels of my nature, but I don’t know if they will have any luck, because I am 100%, prime time, on board the “Let’s Go Brandon!” bandwagon.
Stop and think—ridicule is a potent weapon against one’s adversaries. Everyone hates to be laughed at; humiliation is one of the more common and universally effective ways to isolate someone or, alternatively, to persuade them to change their behavior.
For some, the simple act of wearing a t-shirt with “Let’s Go Brandon!” emblazoned on it is a non-verbal act of rebellion For the Left, “Brandon” is now a Paul Bunyan-sized mountain of a man who is taking a devastating ax to their agenda and their narrative, with every t-shirt and meme ridiculing them in disastrously funny and effective ways.
Like many other commentators have observed, “Let’s Go Brandon!” has its roots in Saul Alinksy’s Rules for Radicals:
Ridicule is man’s most potent weapon. There is no defense. It is almost impossible to counterattack ridicule. Also, it infuriates the opposition, who then react to your advantage.
Among some friends and acquaintances, I have noticed a reflexive, vigorous pushback against this phrase mocking Joe Biden. They call it “immature” and say mocking the president should have no place in our politics.
Really? After cleaning up the mess from spitting out my coffee, I respectfully, but firmly, remind them of what the country went through for the entirety of the Trump campaign and presidency. Their response has been “we need to do better” or “just because both sides do it doesn’t mean it’s right.”
In some cases that’s true but sometimes one’s opponents must receive an ample portion and get a taste of what they have been dishing out.
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So sad the thin skins do not like ridicule but the alternative of some piercings delivered by Patriots would really put some tears in their eyes.
The phrase “Make America Great Again” is enough of a trigger to bring out fear of ridicule in many of these benighted and shriveled souls.
“America was never that great”, or “You didn’t do that!” are but two of the typical responses you get with the utterance of “MAGA”.
We shall just have to make America great again, all over again.
Guns don’t kill people....gun control advocates kill people.
100 % agree.
It is ABOUT DARNED TIME.
30 years. I’m series... 30 darned years.
(Except for Trump)
:)
I feel we are being to nice to them. They need to feel the real slap down
I shall taunt you a second time!!!
Classic!
this halloween a child dressed as an elephant, was being pushed around in a stroller by his parents, so i gave him some candy, a handful, and said this for a fellow republican... let’s go brandon... the parents grumbled thank you, so i know they talked about next year’s costume all the way home.
Ridicule is the one thing that they do deserve, Let’s Go Brandon, indeed!!
My reply to any ridicule or “immature” comment:
RUSSIA! RUSSIA! RUSSIA! RIGHT???
THE WALLS ARE CLOSING IN RIGHT???
TRUMP IS GUILTY OF ENDLESS CRIMES RIGHT???
YOU REEEEEEAAAAAALLLLLYYYYY BELIEVE ALL THAT???
And you want to talk about maturity or conspiracy theories??? What a joke.
It is written, those in greatest need or ridicule are those who resent it most.
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