GeniesLoki

"Don't make this political" "Actually it was always political, because people's lives are being affected by this" "And by leaning into that, you've made it impossible to actually solve the problem, thus making those people's lives worse" Many such cases.

and the search for how to manipulate people into doing something they don't want to do without triggering their defense mechanisms continues

Kinda but what I'd actually like to be able to do in most of these cases is have an open and honest conversation about what actually does and doesn't work without people assuming that I thereby have an agenda

Or sometimes just to put on my jackboots and say "no, put a fucking mask on" TBH