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Characteristic #15

15a: Ridicule of concern about the preceding 14 points, usually through deliberately misstating those concerns to mutate them into straw men that are easily dismissed. Distortion of the concerns in a way that supports charges of mental illness--who in their right mind would question The Way Things Are? Rewording carefully-expressed and thoughtfully-considered concerns into silly tabloid headlines is a common tactic to accomplish the latter.

15b: If that doesn't work, impugn the motives of those who are concerned, and accuse them of serving the enemy's agenda and working to undermine the State, whether knowingly or unknowingly. Portray questions and doubts as treasonous.

Congratulations on extending the list by example, SDAI-Tech1.

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