"Either your with us or against us" is manipulative language used to excuse shitty behavior

Phrases like, "Either you're with us or against us", "Silence equals violence", "love it or leave it", and ect are manipulative language to force peope to side with you without doing the work to give your movement or mission broader appeal.

For example, what the terrorists did on 9/11 was obviously horrible, but invading Iraq was awful too. Two wrongs don't make a right, and it's not fair to say people support terrorists if they are aginst invading Iraq

Basically, this abusive language boils down to, someome was shitty to me, therefore I feel justified in acting shitty too, and if you don't support my shittiness, you support theirs. Toxic!

Apthathy is a perfectly acceptable response to both sides being assholes

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