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lb:socjus [2026-04-20 09:26:14] – [Classification] ninjasrlb:socjus [2026-05-14 04:18:16] (current) – [Tactics & Behaviors] ninjasr
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   ? **Dishonesty**   ? **Dishonesty**
   : Post-Modernists are rarely honest about their intentions in discussions. Though this isn't always conscious.   : Post-Modernists are rarely honest about their intentions in discussions. Though this isn't always conscious.
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   ? **Projection**   ? **Projection**
   : Post-Modernists tend to project their beliefs/desires/actions onto their opponents or in situations where it does and doesn't make sense. This sometimes comes off as tone-deaf or stupid.   : Post-Modernists tend to project their beliefs/desires/actions onto their opponents or in situations where it does and doesn't make sense. This sometimes comes off as tone-deaf or stupid.
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   ? **Sesquipedalianism**   ? **Sesquipedalianism**
   : Post-Modernists like to over-complicate their language to make themselves feel and appear intellectually superior to their opponents, even if they don't understand the meanings of those words.   : Post-Modernists like to over-complicate their language to make themselves feel and appear intellectually superior to their opponents, even if they don't understand the meanings of those words.
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   ? **Jargon/Redefinition**   ? **Jargon/Redefinition**
   : Post-Modernists like to redefine words to make terminology more vague; or to make themselves appear/feel superior; or simply to explain internal ideological concepts to fellow adherents.   : Post-Modernists like to redefine words to make terminology more vague; or to make themselves appear/feel superior; or simply to explain internal ideological concepts to fellow adherents.
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   ? **Rebranding**   ? **Rebranding**
   : Post-Modernists will go out of their way to change the terms they use to refer to each-other specifically to avoid accountability or hide from the general populace (which hates them). This is why the term ‘woke’ has become pejorative: people noticed that crazy people called themselves woke, so pattern-recognition took over.   : Post-Modernists will go out of their way to change the terms they use to refer to each-other specifically to avoid accountability or hide from the general populace (which hates them). This is why the term ‘woke’ has become pejorative: people noticed that crazy people called themselves woke, so pattern-recognition took over.
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   ? **“Conspiracy Theorist”**   ? **“Conspiracy Theorist”**
   : Post-Modernists like to label their opponents as conspiracy theorists.   : Post-Modernists like to label their opponents as conspiracy theorists.
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   ? **Insults**   ? **Insults**
   : Post-Modernists rely heavily on ad-hominem attacks in the form of childish insults to win arguments.   : Post-Modernists rely heavily on ad-hominem attacks in the form of childish insults to win arguments.
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   ? **Normalization**   ? **Normalization**
   : Post-Modernists are fine with compromising in the short-term as it contributes to their overall strategy of normalization.   : Post-Modernists are fine with compromising in the short-term as it contributes to their overall strategy of normalization.
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   ? **Shifting the Topic**   ? **Shifting the Topic**
   : Post-Modernists, upon detecting they are losing an argument, will choose to change the topic of conversation to avoid losing. Taking the phrase “missing the forest for the trees”: they are making you focus on the trees so you miss the forest.   : Post-Modernists, upon detecting they are losing an argument, will choose to change the topic of conversation to avoid losing. Taking the phrase “missing the forest for the trees”: they are making you focus on the trees so you miss the forest.
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   ? **Misrepresentation**   ? **Misrepresentation**
   : Either intentionally or unintentionally (due to stupidity), Post-Modernists will misrepresent their opponents and their arguments. This is just an ad-hominem.   : Either intentionally or unintentionally (due to stupidity), Post-Modernists will misrepresent their opponents and their arguments. This is just an ad-hominem.
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   ? **Isolation**   ? **Isolation**
   : Post-Modernists like to isolate and block opposing voices for the sake of maintaining ideological purity. This has the intentional effect of increasing radicalization and the unintentional effect of creating echo chambers which warp perception of reality.   : Post-Modernists like to isolate and block opposing voices for the sake of maintaining ideological purity. This has the intentional effect of increasing radicalization and the unintentional effect of creating echo chambers which warp perception of reality.
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   ? **Crybullying**   ? **Crybullying**
   : Post-Modernists like to goad their opponents into attacking them and then crying to authority to make it seem like they're the victims. This is both a conscious and subconscious tactic.   : Post-Modernists like to goad their opponents into attacking them and then crying to authority to make it seem like they're the victims. This is both a conscious and subconscious tactic.
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   ? **Victim Mentality**   ? **Victim Mentality**
   : Post-Modernists will eternally portray themselves as victims for the sake of maintaining moral authority and superiority (within their view). The idea that a victim might be deserving of their position is directly contradictory to their worldview.   : Post-Modernists will eternally portray themselves as victims for the sake of maintaining moral authority and superiority (within their view). The idea that a victim might be deserving of their position is directly contradictory to their worldview.
 +  ? **“It's not happening”**
 +  : This one is a little hard to describe, so I may amend it later.
 +  : The basic idea behind this one is that Post-Modernists will start out by saying that something claimed to be happening isn't, in fact, happening. Once they're confronted with evidence to counter this claim, they'll gradually adjust their position until it's “Yes, it is happening and that's a good thing”.
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