BINGO! Manipulators don't seem to like any facts which don't support their cause. I had an encounter last nite with some guy over the criminality of all the recent illegal immigrants into this country. (He was defending their innocence.) So when I presented him with some facts out of Texas, he kicked me out of his group and blocked me. Then sent me a DM asking how I was doing. So I returned the favor. He acts like he's supporting Trump, but I gotta wonder what his real agenda is.
Hey, we're both 60, that's cool. It took me most of this time to figure out how easily I was being manipulated, and it will probably take the rest of my time to perfect detecting it - but it has brought me peace. I don't hate anyone anymore - I don't even care about what they did. I just try to focus on analyzing my own actions, and trying to live up to the Golden Rule. As a friend once said; "wisdom is all the f*ckups you remember".
Another flag is to look at who is asking you to THINK or test for proofs or evidence, and who is asking you NOT TO THINK or test for proofs or evidence. And tactics that are used are often: posturing (I'm more educated than you are), bullying (talking over you), evading questions, "word salad" to confuse, and ad hominem attacks.
BINGO! Manipulators don't seem to like any facts which don't support their cause. I had an encounter last nite with some guy over the criminality of all the recent illegal immigrants into this country. (He was defending their innocence.) So when I presented him with some facts out of Texas, he kicked me out of his group and blocked me. Then sent me a DM asking how I was doing. So I returned the favor. He acts like he's supporting Trump, but I gotta wonder what his real agenda is.
Hey, we're both 60, that's cool. It took me most of this time to figure out how easily I was being manipulated, and it will probably take the rest of my time to perfect detecting it - but it has brought me peace. I don't hate anyone anymore - I don't even care about what they did. I just try to focus on analyzing my own actions, and trying to live up to the Golden Rule. As a friend once said; "wisdom is all the f*ckups you remember".
Another flag is to look at who is asking you to THINK or test for proofs or evidence, and who is asking you NOT TO THINK or test for proofs or evidence. And tactics that are used are often: posturing (I'm more educated than you are), bullying (talking over you), evading questions, "word salad" to confuse, and ad hominem attacks.