Seamas said:Part of what I was trying to get at is that it is still a reaction to what our adversaries are saying about us. What we are doing now is damage control, because in this discussion they are starting out with the upper hand, because they initially framed the debate.
This seems to be what pathological types do best, and I think the essence of the problem is the nature of lies. Since it's extremely difficult (if not impossible on most occasions) to counter a lie before it is made, you're left holding the bag in the eyes of most people. Without general awareness of manipulation and knowledge of pathological types, it's a mighty effort to sort things out. Since we do have lots and lots of material on lies and pathology (mainly because of the attacks!), we're in a better position than most. Maybe a carefully worded section about manipulation would be helpful on the blog? I think it is a pretty fascinating story just in itself about how the research into pathology came from Bridges attacks, and after applying that info to the world scene resulted in contact from Lobaczewski about publishing Ponerology.
How can we impose our will on our enemy, rather than reacting to their attacks?
Ermm..why do you think we should impose our will on 'the enemy'. That's seems to be taking a play from the pathological playbook.
I think your general focus is good to consider, but we don't want to loose track of what we're doing.