Why would someone start a limited conflict with a stronger power, then not make peace when offered? In a peacetime state they’d be vassals, but in a cold war state they can pretend to themselves they are equals.
This is the yapping dog problem, very common on social media.
The tell is the combination of (a) starting the fight, (b) engaging in histrionics over trivialities, and (c) refusing to make peace or engage rationally.
It actually stems from insecurity. The fight elevates them.
The tell is the combination of (a) starting the fight, (b) engaging in histrionics over trivialities, and (c) refusing to make peace or engage rationally.
It actually stems from insecurity. The fight elevates them.
What the attacker characterizes as “punching up” is what the defender views as a yapping dog. Annoyance and bemusement on one side, resentment and envy on the other.
A yapping dog will start the fight & provoke, provoke, provoke…then when they get slapped, cry bloody murder.
A yapping dog will start the fight & provoke, provoke, provoke…then when they get slapped, cry bloody murder.
It’s tempting to appease a yapping dog once they suddenly start bawling, but that doesn’t work. It feeds the victimhood complex.
Give them the verbal back of the hand once if you want, but then ignore. They’re fighting with storm clouds in their head, not anything you did.
Give them the verbal back of the hand once if you want, but then ignore. They’re fighting with storm clouds in their head, not anything you did.
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