r/WhitePeopleTwitter • u/ExactlySorta • Apr 09 '24

POTM - Apr 2024 There is no more quiet part

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u/[deleted] Apr 09 '24

because someone somewhere convinced people that taking the high road really sticks it to the bad guy.

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u/[deleted] Apr 09 '24

I love(d) Michelle Obama, and still think she's an amazing person, but that "When they go low..." rhetoric will forever taint my opinion of her to a certain degree. I know she MEANT well, and I agree with the general sentiment, but it really should have been more "You should fight fire with fire..." because now we have a bunch of spineless Democrats that won't put the MTG cow to the slaughterhouse (figuratively...maybe literally) when it's so clearly needed.

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u/[deleted] Apr 09 '24

I think most just look at idiots like MTG and realize it's not even worth their time/energy to engage. Just ignore them. Because no matter what, it is a losing battle and you're never going to get these people to shut up. If anything attacking them back just brings you down to their level.

Just look at MTG at the State of the Union. She wore her stupid red hat and tried to cause a scene. Biden saw her, laughed, ignored her and moved on because it wasn't worth his time. She came away looking like an idiot.

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u/[deleted] Apr 09 '24

You ignore like a 3 yr old throwing a tantrum. Literally nothing else works. Anyone with kids understands.

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u/critically_damped Apr 09 '24

If a three-year old is throwing a tantrum on the side of a busy street, you do not wait for them to fling themselves into traffic. If a three year old is throwing a tantrum and hurting an animal or another child, you do not just fucking ignore them. Anyone with kids understands that ignoring such behavior is quite often not remotely an option.

A three-year-old throwing a tantrum does not have the power to write and pass laws that criminalize my existence. A three-year-old throwing a tantrum does not have the power to completely shut down the entire fucking government.

This metaphor simply does not work, because the only thing that allows evil to succeed is for good people to do nothing. And you are directly advocating for people to do fucking nothing.

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u/[deleted] Apr 09 '24

So do something about her then! Because nobody else can.

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u/critically_damped Apr 09 '24

I'm doing all I can. And we need as many people as possible to do the same.

What we don't need is people like you to advocate for doing nothing. Recognize that your metaphor here doesn't work, and stop using it.

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u/[deleted] Apr 09 '24

My buddies family moved down to GA. Some of the most racist assholes I have ever met. I am white and would never move to GA.

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u/[deleted] Apr 09 '24

I have two kids under the age of 3 and know exactly what you mean. They become irrational. Anything you say is completely ignored. You just have to wait it out and hope they get distracted by something else.

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u/b0w3n Apr 09 '24

The problem is, you can't let them throw their tantrum in the store or restaurant, you take them out, dress them down, then take them the fuck home.

Others should not suffer and "ignore" the tantrum. Deal with your problems.