Electronic/World Wide Web>Internet Video: Storied, (2024), How Cults Use Language to Control, Retrieved on 2025-01-13Source Material [www.youtube.com]
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13 JAN 2025
Thought Terminating Cliche
Another trick in the cult leader's language toolkit is the thought-terminating cliche. These are sayings that end uncomfortable conversations or trains of thoughts. "It is what it is." "Everything happens for a reason." "Let's agree to disagree." They shut down argument and critical thinking, which is why they're so handy to authoritarians who don't like to be questioned. Charles Manson countered any rational objections to his ravings by saying, "No sense makes sense." Try arguing with that. ...13 JAN 2025