hobo1512 wrote:Continually claiming that a person or persons is being "personally attacked" is a form of playing the persecution card. Just from a different angle.
Well, that's the trick. You say this as though it applies across the board, but what if the person is being personally attacked? If someone calls another on it, then the game begins, it seems--
person 1:-
you dumb-ss, illiterate, SOB, selfish, unwanted, unloved, insecure, ostrich-like, self-involved imbecile. You can't use the term "few" to refer to 15 people.person 2:
uh...thanks for the delightful conversation and exposing your desire to go after me for pretty much anythingperson 1:
you aren't going to play that persecution card on me. What are you a big baby And there it goes.
What I find really interesting is when a Mormon can't defend their position, they usually employ one of two approaches. 1. Attack the person making the assertion (i.e. Personal attack) 2. Play the persecution card. In fact, many times, both approaches are used.
That's truly not a Mormon thing. Look around here. These games are played by Mormons, ex Mormons, never-mormons. All alike.
Another interesting thing is, when a Mormon makes a personal attack, they don't see it the same way as when someone else does it to them. Instead, they are using it as a diversion, to get away from the topic at hand.
Whine me is a perfect example of this.
I agree this type of thing happens. I'm just adding that whining about a persecution complex can also, at times, be over-used and diversionary.