<div dir="auto">Thank you Michael <div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto">I agree wholeheartedly. </div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto">I never respond to comments especially when I don't know the people. </div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto">Erin</div></div><br><div class="gmail_quote gmail_quote_container"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Mon, May 12, 2025, 1:07 PM Fran B. via Lekooks <<a href="mailto:lekooks@lekook.org">lekooks@lekook.org</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">
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<b>Sent:</b> Monday, May 12, 2025 11:20:58 AM<br>
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<b>Subject:</b> [Lekooks] Snarky comments on social media</font>
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<div dir="ltr">As you may know, LCUUC has significantly increased our presence on social media, and we've begun "boosting" our posts. This means that for a small amount of money, we can increase the number of people who see our post to
around 10 times the number of viewers we'd reach if we didn't boost.</div>
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While it's great for LCUUC that a lot more people are becoming aware of us, boosting our social media presence has also created an unpleasant side effect - it's drawn out the Christian snark spewers to pepper us with nasty comments on our posts.</div>
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I've noticed that there have been several responses to these from our people, which I would suggest is a
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<li>For one thing, nothing we say will change their minds. They have no interest in understanding our point of view.</li><li>Also, our responding will only make them more hostile. Taken to an extreme, it could cause them to take action against us in the real world.</li><li>Finally, what they're really looking for with their comments is to "get" us - a similar concept to "owning the libs." By responding, we show that they have.</li></ul>
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As a result, I beg each of you to turn a deaf ear (eye?) to their hostile responses to our social media posts. Let them stew in their own juices. As is well known in psychology, the best way to stop a behavior is to not reward it.</div>
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<div dir="ltr">With deep appreciation,</div>
<div dir="ltr">Mike McNett</div>
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<p>Nehru to Gandhi, on his deathbed: <em>"Mahatma, in your lifetime, you have turned the world utterly upside down. How must that feel??"</em>
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<p>Gandhi: <em>"Yes, I turned the world upside down. I stood on my head."<br>
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