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If A could beat B, he wouldn't resort to such rhetoric. Person A has a repressed desire to bully that manifests as this passive-aggressive fake politeness.
by akomtu 4y ago
If A could beat B, he wouldn't resort to such rhetoric. Person A has a repressed desire to bully that manifests as this passive-aggressive fake politeness.
- anigbrowl 4y agoThis is false. Sometimes rhetoric is deployed to mask incapacity, sometimes it's just a delaying tactic - eg to get person B nervous or to allow time for person A's accomplices to close in.
- jojobas 4y agoBefore going violent you want to frighten as many opponents opponents into submission - violence has a cost even to the stronger party. Also group A has the power to subdue group B by other means than violence.