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on subliminality - the opposition is often tricked into doing this against themselves

Ever heard a dissenter say "I'd like to say that I'm not an antivaxxer, and I take COVID very, very seriously..." or "I'm not saying that I want people to die..." and excessively make other silly qualifications like this? They think they're just preventing themselves from being misinterpreted.

but what they're actually doing is severely muddling their own argument, and subliminally normalizing the default narrative.

@hole, mentally weak, insecure, unconfident, unassertive people get trampled on at the first opportunity. Playing the others' game on their terms is a loss not by merit, but by default. One should either another game (where the others might not even play), or not play at all.

Also, one is neither tacitly, nor implicitly tricked. You can use your own definitions and language. That others often have first word sets a playing field in their favor - leading to you mirroring them, attemting to appease subconsciously most often. Regardless it's tiny battle to be fought.