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> If you were suffering from Stockholm Syndrome, would you recognise it? If you were suffering from Oppositional Defiant Disorder, would you recognize it? Gasl
by notacoward 5y ago
> If you were suffering from Stockholm Syndrome, would you recognise it?
If you were suffering from Oppositional Defiant Disorder, would you recognize it? Gaslighting is not a very convincing argument, and that's exactly what it is when you implicitly accuse anyone who disagrees with you of having an invisible psychological problem. It's really is still possible for people to disagree on vaccine and mask mandates, both expressing legitimate reasons and concerns, without resort to such cheap tactics.
- captainredbeard 5y ago> If you were suffering from Oppositional Defiant Disorder, would you recognize it? FWIW, "The State" has long labeled anti-tyranny dissenters with labels like that. That's why things like ODD are based around _behaviors and actions which are problematic_ vs the dissenting opinion per se. Freedom of conscious is vital. Without it, we are simply automatons programmed by technocrats.
- notacoward 5y ago> FWIW, "The State" has long labeled anti-tyranny dissenters with labels like that. ...and for just as long, plutocracy's "laissez faire" foot soldiers have been accusing everyone else of Stockholm Syndrome. That's kind of my point. We should be able to have a debate without the name calling, whether it's done blatantly enough for the moderators to act or not-so-subtly disguised with the "anyone who..." ruse.