1. It's really frustrating to me that more people don't understand that racist/alt-right people have gamified their rhetoric; they're not interested in discussion, they're slapping down cards from a "Debate: The Gathering" stack, and the only goal is taking heads.
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3. And because their rhetorical strategy is essentially card-based, actual knowledge of issues is unimportant and probably a hinderance. They don't want or need to understand the issues that affect others, they just need you to play their game so they can win.
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4. I don't have time anymore to diddle about with children who think other people's lives are some sort of turn-based game, especially when all they want is to hurt other people. And it bothers me more people, especially those with power, don't understand this shit.
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5. I'm not going to tell people not to engage with these chuckleheads. But don't engage with them on their terms. Engage with them on your own. One, they hate that, and two, it exposes what they're doing as a pointless, hateful exercise, and them as awful people.
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6. In sum: Understand what these folks are doing. Refuse to play along. And if you choose, point out to others the hollowness of their game. Because their "game" is to hurt other people, and then go on to the next target. Their game is other people's lives. (/end)
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Makes sense, considering some of them came from Gamergate....
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You just mobbing and narcissistic abuse as well. No matter the group that engages in this behavior, it's for psychological payoffs and a crusade cover story is superimposed on top of it.
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I think the "low-stake game" idea is right on mark.
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They don't believe that though. They believe their ethnic group is under threat and they look to the Appalachian and other such communities as examples of where they are being pushed.
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So what is the counter rhetorical play? Have thought that talking about them, offering a metacommentary about what they say, and NEVER engaging them as a legitimate interlocutor might be one way. Never talk to them, talk about them.
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Try it and see if it works for you.
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