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Soatok Dreamseeker

"You just think you're better than us" is something I hear from time to time, but never from anyone I've talked with.

It's shouted at me from throwaway accounts operated by strangers.

And I find that very amusing, to be honest. If I were to correct them, would that not be exercising a perception of superiority--the very false notion I'd be hoping to dispel?

What a conundrum!

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Soatok Dreamseeker

My choice when faced with this sort of interaction has been to try to understand where the other person is coming from, but they never elaborate on why they believe that.

Kat the Leopardess

@soatok This is exactly why "you just think you're better than us" is used in these instances. It's half projection, half cop-out. It's a known technique to reverse victimhood and then shut the convo down

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