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."It's an IQ test, after all, and the shape of things to come as they've framed them."A good tactic is one your people enjoy."
"Keep the pressure on."
"The threat is usually more terrifying than the thing itself. "
"The major premise for tactics is the development of operations that will maintain a constant pressure upon the opposition."
"If you push a negative hard and deep enough it will break through into its counterside; this is based on the principle that every positive has its negative."
"The price of a successful attack is a constructive alternative."
"Pick the target, freeze it, personalize it, and polarize it. "
So be it.
“Ridicule is man’s most potent weapon. There is no defense. It is almost impossible to counterattack ridicule. “
I disagree. You counterattack by pointing out the falsehoods in the ridicule (assuming there are falsehoods).
cymbeline: I disagree. You counterattack by pointing out the falsehoods in the ridicule (assuming there are falsehoods).
Does ridicule contain an element of humor? I think it's like the difference btwn sarcasm & irony. I used sarcasm in middle school: "Yeah, right"
FR is full of posters who are experts at hilarious irony!
I like cymbeline's answer, but I can't help but picture the fat antifa chicks getting in some poor diner's face, shouting & swearing...
The commie media enables & encourages that type of abuse (won't call it ridicule), but the media also ridicules conservatives eg: Anita Bryant, Dan Quayle - they've been doing it a long time!
"The major premise for tactics is the development of operations that will maintain a constant pressure upon the opposition."
"If you push a negative hard and deep enough it will break through into its counterside; this is based on the principle that every positive has its negative."
logi cal - this post made me think of something. Look at the use of "pressure" & "push"...
Pushing is compression. In physics, compression always exists at 90 degrees to tension. When you tension a rope, its diameter compresses (it thins) at 90 degrees to the axis of tension. Push down on an exercise ball, it bulges out (tension) at 90 degrees.
What I'm trying to get at with all this long-windedness is that the answer to mean ridicule (not humorous/more like mean-spirited middle school sarcasm), is to step aside (90 degrees, like a bull fighter side-steps the charging bull).
I look to FR for all the clever/humorous comebacks & memorize as many as I can. I have converted a few this way, but they were undecideds/neutral. There's no reasoning with others.
"The price of a successful attack is a constructive alternative."
What does that mean? Can you give me an example? Thanks in advance!