It’s a question of understanding. I’m trying to understand him, and it’s difficult because of the variables. I keep trying to appeal to the intellectual side of the equation, and that’s obviously not the point. All logical arguments are brushed aside, parried with irrelevant or unconnected statements or simply ignored. And compassion has no place, either. Ford is an angry man. He has all the hallmarks of a man who was bullied and shunned as a kid. We have ample evidence to suggest that those bullied will often become bullies. Ford has so much anger, and he has justified his place in society by everything that he has gone through. He doesn’t see people who disagree with him as just people who have a differing view point. He very seriously sees them as those who are against him – who hate him, who want him to fail, who make fun of him. This is what they are referring to when they use that expression "self-fulfilling prophecy." His behaviour has created all kinds of people who hate him, who want him to fail, who make fun of him. I am one. This vilification is what justifies him to himself. He thrives on it now. He needs it to keep going. He revels in his power because of it, and his position would be way less satisfying for him if he had more agreement. He doesn’t want agreement. He wants to piss people off, because of how he’s been treated.
So how do we approach this? Logic doesn’t work. Anger doesn’t work.
We need to find a way to side-step our anger, our passion, and our need to vilify Ford. We need to do what he can’t. We need to make him not a bully.
How do we make Ford not a bully? This has got to be a team effort, guys. This isn't a project one person can achieve on her lonesome. We gotta find a way to disarm this guy's need to make us hate him. Let's all have a think, please, and reconvene.
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