Forum Post: Don't get on the defense! Lead the conversation.
Posted 13 years ago on Oct. 12, 2011, 9:40 p.m. EST by TeBrun
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Opponents of this movement are going to try to turn the conversation away from them and toward us. Don't fall for the "53%" BS. Don't acknowledge it. Responding to them only fuels their argument, which distracts from our message and sucks energy out of the movement.
We should stay on task and continue with our message and just make it louder. Ignore them. They are underdeveloped people and shouldn't be allowed to control the conversation.
I don't know who "they" are (trolls to the left of me, trolls to the right, lol) but you're going to have to get used to the idea that you have absolutely no chance of controlling others, nor should you. What you have decided the message is may not be what someone else thinks it is. It's through dialogue that people understand, learn from, and influence each other, not ignoring them. Of course, I'm not talking about the straight up trolls or the spammers who keep posting the same shit over and over. Neither of those are interesting in learning anything.