Told him to say the word and we'd make sure no one shuts him down.
Good on you. Keep doing what you're doing.
We're cut from the same cloth. Never change.
So a coworker of mine ran for mayor of a tiny little town a couple years back, and won. I've had some great conversations with him regarding the reality of the world we live in. Lately it's all been covid of course, but he had a bar/diner business owner come to him and say "I'm not following any mask bs, you wont turn me in will you?" he said "of course not, I wouldn't turn you in, but if they shut you down I can't do anything "
We had a long talk about simply refusing to shut down...
"well if they take away your licenses, you can't sell food or alcohol!"
"of course you can! Who's going to stop you from selling a hamburger?"
"well the cops will stop you...."
"what if the cop that shuts them down, doest show up to work tomorrow? Who stops him from selling burgers then?"
I get a lot of wierd looks from him, but that one was golden. We just have to say no, and mean it, and this crap stops
"what if the cop that shuts them down, doest show up to work tomorrow? Who stops him from selling burgers then?"
Because someone who is against you or playing nice with you, would interpret that phrase as a potential threat.
When it can just as easily be interpreted as the cop refusing to show up to work to enforce unlaw orders.
People reveal a lot about themselves based on the category of conclusion they jump to when presented with ambiguous statements.
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