We are being manipulated to engage in conflict, and seem unable to resist. How should this be handled?

[Karl Semich]

If you "fell for it" long ago and are now deeply immersed in it as your
only way to survive, personally I like murdering the people who force me to
murder as a celebration of being able to think about stopping.

On Fri, Mar 26, 2021, 11:47 AM coderman <coderman at protonmail.com> wrote:

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> outrage is the currency of the modern attention economy.
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> when someone is spewing vitriol and hyperbole to animate
>  you into action, they are manipulating you - targeting
>   your emotional response rather than cognitive reason.
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> don't fall for it!  :)
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> best regards,
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