"]… the process by which the establishment tends to deal with people who disagree with them. Out of that conversation we came up with a series of stages, all of which coincidentally begin with the letter “I”:
]Ignore: They always start by hoping you’ll just go away, often refusing to even engage in debate for fear of creating the impression there truly is a rational objection to the status quo./]
]Insult: When avoidance becomes impossible, they’ll mock and ridicule you, make you out to be a heretic, a conspiracy theorist, a madman, etc./]
]Intimidate: When simple mockery fails, the gloves come off./]
]Isolate: If you won’t back down, they seek to divide and conquer. Impose sanctions. Turn your friends against you./]
]Incriminate: They either frame you or smear you and force you to defend yourself, thus creating the appearance of guilt even if the charges prove to be false./]
]Incarcerate: If the charges stick, they stick you behind bars./]
]Incinerate: When all else fails, they put you in the cross-hairs./]Thanks Kevin, that’s an interesting angle, as even Christians do this, no wonder they think God does too. I’ve experienced 1, 2, 3, 4, and 5, but hopefully Christians will stop at that, although the witchhunts were only a few generations ago…