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I think recent events have shown clearly that, regrettably, offensive communication works wonders in convincing people.
by nuancebydefault 2y ago
I think recent events have shown clearly that, regrettably, offensive communication works wonders in convincing people.
- briandear 2y agoLuckily it didn’t work well enough.
- watwut 2y agoTrump won twice. That is pretty clear signal that what works the best is to attack, insult and throw a lot of outrage to whereover it sticks.
- erikerikson 2y agoWorks and works best may be far apart. His approach was not battle tested against very many alternatives and only against alternatives saddled with severe constraints.
- hatthew 2y agoIf you're talking about Trump, I feel like the offensive communication there has done a bad job of convincing people who the offense is aimed at, and only a good job of motivating people who perceive themselves to be aligned with the offense.
- jtbayly 2y agoOr if they’re talking about those calling people extreme names like Hitler and fascist, it didn’t do a very job convincing people to vote the way the name-callers wanted.