Can a lawyer please tell me what to say to my redneck relatives

[Anonymous]

Have you ever heard the expression, "Can't argue with stupid?" That's the problem.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Have you ever heard the expression, "Can't argue with stupid?" That's the problem.

Don’t argue. Listen. Ask questions. Offer an alternative thought. Don’t act like a toddler.

There is a lot of research in this area. Read it. You can be persuasive in a non confrontational manner.

[Anonymous]

Cut them off.

[Anonymous]

How is a lawyer going to be understood by someone who is a redneck? I imagine they barely read at a 3rd grade level.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:How is a lawyer going to be understood by someone who is a redneck? I imagine they barely read at a 3rd grade level.

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Have you tried speaking very slowly using only words with two syllables or less? I think gorillas can understand 1-2 syllable words so they should probably be able to?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Who think that Harvard can arrest people, but hide this information from law enforcement agencies and courts.

Not sure what the context is, but I’m sure Harvard has campus police that can arrest people. But due process still applies, so the arrested person has all the same rights as if she were arrested by any other law enforcement officer, so can’t be hidden from the courts. 🤣🤣

[Anonymous]

Stop using the term "redneck." You need to get out of your bubble.

[Anonymous]

If it makes you feel any better, OP, I am a lawyer and my MAGA relatives don't believe anything I have to say that doesn't align with whatever nonsense is being fed to them from their preferred news sources. I could literally point to the section of the Constitution or a statute that contradicts them, or pull up an opinion from the Supreme Court that says the opposite of what they are claiming, and they'll just shrug and say "well, they're saying that's not how it is." It's pointless with them.

[Anonymous]

I'm a lawyer who's been dealing with sovereign citizens for ages. It's pretty impossible to get people off the conspiracy theories and internet paranoia.

[Anonymous]

I would mock them in a joking way. This is just one of many strategies when dealing with crazy political types. I do the same thing when my highly educated relatives talk about how affirmative action isn't discrimination.

Another strategy is to ask them questions about whatever topic you are talking about. They will revert to their talking points and will squirm and try to change the subject because they don't know anything about pretty much every subject.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:If it makes you feel any better, OP, I am a lawyer and my MAGA relatives don't believe anything I have to say that doesn't align with whatever nonsense is being fed to them from their preferred news sources. I could literally point to the section of the Constitution or a statute that contradicts them, or pull up an opinion from the Supreme Court that says the opposite of what they are claiming, and they'll just shrug and say "well, they're saying that's not how it is." It's pointless with them.

My mom believes anything the union sends her even when it contradicts itself. It’s crazy making. She gets these alarmist messages “call your rep and tell them to vote no on HR666.” I’ll ask her what that is and she says something bad. I’ll look it up and ask her why does the union think it’s bad? She gets mad and refuses to talk about it. She refuses to do any thinking herself or any completely accessible reading.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Who think that Harvard can arrest people, but hide this information from law enforcement agencies and courts.

It might be possible.


Campus Police might indeed take someone into custody, maybe even Mirandize them, and then quietly release them from custody sometime later, and not enter their arrest data into the NCIC. In that sense, it will be as though the arrest never happened, since it wasn’t reported to NCIC.

This of course is surely a violation of departmental policy - but hey, cops never violate policy, right?

I could easily imagine something like this happening for the “correct” sort of person (certain faculty, children of major donors, student athletes, other “privileged” people) in the case of a nuisance type crimes like drunk/disorderly, disturbing peace, etc. This sort of stuff happens in small town police departments all the time - I cant imagine a university dept being any different.


Your “redneck” relatives sound like they’re better informed than you, OP.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Who think that Harvard can arrest people, but hide this information from law enforcement agencies and courts.

It might be possible.


Campus Police might indeed take someone into custody, maybe even Mirandize them, and then quietly release them from custody sometime later, and not enter their arrest data into the NCIC. In that sense, it will be as though the arrest never happened, since it wasn’t reported to NCIC.

This of course is surely a violation of departmental policy - but hey, cops never violate policy, right?

I could easily imagine something like this happening for the “correct” sort of person (certain faculty, children of major donors, student athletes, other “privileged” people) in the case of a nuisance type crimes like drunk/disorderly, disturbing peace, etc. This sort of stuff happens in small town police departments all the time - I cant imagine a university dept being any different.


Your “redneck” relatives sound like they’re better informed than you, OP.

Hey you can't be posting facts and logic in here! This is the arguing room!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:How is a lawyer going to be understood by someone who is a redneck? I imagine they barely read at a 3rd grade level.

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Have you tried speaking very slowly using only words with two syllables or less? I think gorillas can understand 1-2 syllable words so they should probably be able to?

Would that also work with you? Maybe that’s why you’re having so much trouble with my posts? I need to dumb them down even further.*



* - please note how I only used words with two syllables or less. Except for syllables.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Yeah, because your stupid redneck relatives are really going to be open to what a lawyer says.

Like pigs in mud, they're wallowing in aggressive ignorance. They don't want out of it

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You say and do nothing.