Reply #21: And kicked AGAIN! And here's how to handle The Scream:

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They're gonna try like hell to make hay with it while the sun shines. They're gonna try to ram it up our butts.

Let's ram it right back.

What you need to respond - to friends, to provocateurs, to messages/faxes/phone calls/emails/snailmails/postcards/whatevers to your reps OR to the media:

"Oh, you're on about the scream again. Well, you know something? I'M SCREAMING, TOO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! DEAL with it."

We yank it away from the BAD GUYS and take their teeth out with it. It is therefore minimized as a weapon against us, and won't be nearly as effective as they would have hoped. FLOW WITH IT zen-like, the way they do in jujitsu, and use that energy that they're trying to punch us with, and guide them onward with it - straight off a cliff.