Refusing to show provoked anger disarms a provocateur’s staged confrontation

Evidence

By not giving in to rage, I foiled his plan, and set the terms of our exchange. “Come speak to me after the question-and-answer period,” I finally responded. That ended his performance, and ended the war he wanted to wage with me. I did it without firing one hostile word. Not a single bullet of rage. — Khaled A. Beydoun, The New Crusades_ Islamophobia and the…, 376

Categorization

Category: Causal Relationships

• APHORISMS: A usable life lesson: engaging on your own terms rather than the aggressor’s robs the provocation of its purpose.

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