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http://www.cracked.com/blog/5-ways-powerful-people-trick-you-into-hating-underdogs/
I think this is one of those websites that does edutainment listicles (I know all the hip new buzzwords), but this just reminded me a bit of some of the things we've seen with CFS.
#5. Wait For One Of Them To Break The Law, Then Talk Only About That
[Isn't there one case that's been referred to a few times, but it's so weak they have to imply that there's lots of serious police concern about people not breaking the law]
#4. Convince The Powerful Majority That They're The Oppressed Ones
[Poor Sir Simon]
#3. Focus On Their Most Frivolous Complaints (And Most Unlikable Members)
[Didn't Hanlon dig up patient with alcohol problems (not exactly common with CFS) who'd been done for a child sex/pornography crime?]
#2. Pit Two Disadvantaged Groups Against One Another (And Insist That Only One Can "Win")
['If you're unhappy with the quality of psychiatric research into CFS, you're stigmatising those with mental health problems. Why are you so dismissive of the suffering of those with schizophrenia?']
#1. Insist That Any Change Will Ruin The World
[Okay - maybe they don't do this one]
I think this is one of those websites that does edutainment listicles (I know all the hip new buzzwords), but this just reminded me a bit of some of the things we've seen with CFS.
#5. Wait For One Of Them To Break The Law, Then Talk Only About That
[Isn't there one case that's been referred to a few times, but it's so weak they have to imply that there's lots of serious police concern about people not breaking the law]
#4. Convince The Powerful Majority That They're The Oppressed Ones
[Poor Sir Simon]
#3. Focus On Their Most Frivolous Complaints (And Most Unlikable Members)
[Didn't Hanlon dig up patient with alcohol problems (not exactly common with CFS) who'd been done for a child sex/pornography crime?]
#2. Pit Two Disadvantaged Groups Against One Another (And Insist That Only One Can "Win")
['If you're unhappy with the quality of psychiatric research into CFS, you're stigmatising those with mental health problems. Why are you so dismissive of the suffering of those with schizophrenia?']
#1. Insist That Any Change Will Ruin The World
[Okay - maybe they don't do this one]
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