Thread by @ELFilibustero

HOW DO TROLLS AND MARCOS-DUTERTE PROPAGANDISTS THINK? What every Kakampink should know:
1. Labelling & stigmatization. They will call you names to mark or brand you and cancel you at the start.
2. Projection. They will accuse you of what they are doing, feeling or planning.

So if they are going to cheat, buy votes or manghahakot, they will accuse us of it. This will actually tell us of what they are planning to do by the accusations they are making.

3. Mirroring. They will try to do what you are doing by being copy cats to confuse you. Colors, imaging, etc.This is why early in the campaign LBM also wore pink.
4. Diversion & smokescreening. They will try to distract you especially when you are right on track. Ex.surveys etc.

5. Gaslighting. A form of manipulation that often occurs in abusive relationships. It is a covert type of emotional abuse where the bully or abuser misleads the target, creating a false narrative and making them question their judgments and reality.

Gaslighting technique is done by LYING, DISCREDITING, DISTRACTING YOU, MINIMIZING YOUR THOUGHTS AND FEELINGS (Sensitive mo naman etc.), APPEALING TO YOUR SENSE OF DECENCY (Di ba desente ka?) DENYING WRONGDOING, USING COMPASSIONATE WORDS AS WEAPONS, REWRITING HISTORY.

HOW TO ENGAGE:
1. If it's a troll (it most likely is). Label them as such, mirror with any of the techniques they use if you want to play with them then block.
2. Nip fakenews, lies and propaganda off the bud right at the start. We need a means of communication

where we can coordinate our movement. A war being fought without a commanding general will be a disaster. Trolls have chat rooms where they share info, spills, and narratives.
3. Focus investing time on showing our numbers to preempt any attempts to cheat during the elections

through mind conditioning surveys, etc. Make noise by promoting LENI-KIKO and the team. Tell more STORIES about them in social media and real life for recall. If we need to refute lies, do it smart, quick and decisively. Look at their techniques above, use it against them.

Call them out as paid liars and call out the lie. Avoid protracted arguments or dreaming of converting trolls. It won't happen especially if they are getting the big bucks from plunder. NIP LIES EARLY AND MAKE SURE THAT YOU ARE NOT BEING DIVERTED FROM A MAJOR ISSUE. Example:

May kapalpakang ginawa si LBM tapos may gagawing na pasabog na katangahan kunwari o pang iinis si Boying to draw attention away from LBM. Your energy is finite. Know where to target your limited bullets.

Sabi nga sa Art of War and sa Bible mismo: "STRIKE THE SHEPHERD AND THE SHEEP WILL SCATTER."
4. Deflect projections by calling them out as such.
5. Dedicate time in converting a family member, friend or acquaintance with whom you have an emotional investment in. FOCUS THERE.

6. Help a Kakampink who is attacked by trolls. Stop the bystander mentality. Team up against bullies as if no one else is there to help. Like posts, RT, use hashtags even if that's all you can do to help.

8. Accept that Marcos-Duterte trolls and propagandists will lie, cheat and gaslight whenever they can. Hoping on their good will is a dream that will never happen. Especially that they are receiving financial remuneration. Even ordinary people are capable of

so much evil, given the right circumstances as proven by the Stanford experiment that Phil Zimbardo had to stop his research only within 6 days because of the atrocities that took place and how evil people have become.

8. Avoid letting trolls dictate your behavior, controlling what you say or how you react. Do not give in to Stockholm Syndrome. Loving trolls will not change them. Even people in abusive relationships learn that the hard way. Troll pa kaya.

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Addendum: Ping's, Boying, Trolls et. all Strategy: McCartyism. Parang Makapili lang nung Japanese War. Pag may kalaban at hindi kaya ng reasoning powers, they just red tag them.

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