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Murdered by Words

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Responses that completely destroy the original argument in a way that leaves little to no room for reply - a targeted, well-placed response to another person, organization, or group of people.

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[–] NewSocialWhoDis@lemmy.zip 4 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (1 children)

If enough people are against him, he will relent. Social pressure and/ or ostracization does work on him. He won't resort to violence or direct confrontation to try to get away with his inconsiderate BS, but if he thinks

  • you will think it's too much trouble to confront him,
  • you will forget about his transgression, or
  • you won't notice his transgression

then he will (continue to) try to get away with it. He has no baseline conscientiousness of other people, even people he supposedly loves.

[–] BooBees@fedinsfw.app 2 points 1 week ago (1 children)

You’re describing narcissism and possibly borderline personality disorder

[–] NewSocialWhoDis@lemmy.zip 3 points 1 week ago

Well, perhaps! I wouldn't be surprised if he got an official diagnosis, but I'm an engineer, not a psychologist. So it won't be from me.

I was just trying to agree with the original commenter, because when I call him on his crap publicly, it keeps him more in line. His own relatives seem relieved when I'm around because I will force him to be a little more courteous (e.g., telling him to clean up items behind himself instead of allowing/expecting the women in his family to do it). Their non-confrontational culture just enables him.