• masterspace@lemmy.ca
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    3 months ago

    When they go low, we go high, works on people who have a sense of dignity and are embarrassed by going low, in a crowd of undecided people.

    By you avoiding going as low as them, and going high, you make them look even lower than they even are and embarrass them in front of everyone.

    Going high does not work when they are a shame-free troll or surrounded by blind supporters. In that situation you get as low as them and tear them apart using their own troll weapons.

    Community did a whole episode on this and who’s the most schmidty.

    • ryathal
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      3 months ago

      Going high works if you actually go high. Doing the same thing and calling it high fails spectacularly.