It’s exceedingly effective. When someone calls you an alt right nazi reply, “ya so I guess I am. Now what are going to do about it?”. Then watch as their programming short circuits as they do not expect anyone to embrace it. They expect people to recoil in horror and submit.
Now it helps to be rich enough that they can’t really threaten you because usually the next retort is “where do you work I’ll call your boss…”
That doesn’t work with me at least because I can retort that rice and soybeans don’t give a fuck about your politics.
That’s why I got more involved in the last year in county politics and school board meetings, etc.. Many can’t stand up. I can.
I feel this way when i see people say the words "I'm not antivax but I don't want the vaccine because".
I'm antivax, this whole situation woke me the fuck up to the reality of all vaccines not working. If they worked they wouldn't need to be immune from liability.
Back in the "pre-culture war" days the good ol' MRAs learned the hard way that you either capitulate to their labels (and then lose) or you own it and they are left completely unable to comprehend someone doing that. There is a reason why "misogynist" really fell off despite Feminism still going.
I mean, most of the MRAs didn't learn that lesson and that's why they failed at everything but for a lot of us it was a solid awakening to carry into the new political climate.
It’s exceedingly effective. When someone calls you an alt right nazi reply, “ya so I guess I am. Now what are going to do about it?”. Then watch as their programming short circuits as they do not expect anyone to embrace it. They expect people to recoil in horror and submit.
Now it helps to be rich enough that they can’t really threaten you because usually the next retort is “where do you work I’ll call your boss…”
That doesn’t work with me at least because I can retort that rice and soybeans don’t give a fuck about your politics.
That’s why I got more involved in the last year in county politics and school board meetings, etc.. Many can’t stand up. I can.
It's frustrating that there aren't more people in this situation, and even fewer who have the presence of mind that you do.
I feel this way when i see people say the words "I'm not antivax but I don't want the vaccine because".
I'm antivax, this whole situation woke me the fuck up to the reality of all vaccines not working. If they worked they wouldn't need to be immune from liability.
Its amusing how forgotten about this tactic was.
Back in the "pre-culture war" days the good ol' MRAs learned the hard way that you either capitulate to their labels (and then lose) or you own it and they are left completely unable to comprehend someone doing that. There is a reason why "misogynist" really fell off despite Feminism still going.
I mean, most of the MRAs didn't learn that lesson and that's why they failed at everything but for a lot of us it was a solid awakening to carry into the new political climate.