Manipulative Things People Say to Avoid Holding People Accountable

Ricky James Alan Bryant
2 min readFeb 27, 2021

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Now some people aren’t going to like that I am putting this out here but I feel I must as I have started noticing manipulative statements for people to avoid holding people accountable for the things they do.

  1. “Let it go and move on.” Biggest manipulation tactic of them all that people do anymore to just not hold people accountable for their wrongdoings.
  2. “Forgive the person, not for them, but for you.” Another manipulation tactic taken from Christian theology to not hold people accountable for their wrongs. Forgiveness is not given, it is earned. You don’t have to forgive anyone you don’t want to forgive, especially when you want accountability.
  3. “You can’t force people to do anything.” Another big manipulation statement. If you can’t force people do anything, why does society force the victims of wrongdoings to not hold people accountable for their wrongs? Society has found it easier to manipulate and guilt the victims for their feelings of wanting accountability than it is to try and confront and hold the wrongdoers accountable for their wrongs.
  4. “Karma will get them.” Another big manipulation statement. “Karma” is another theology that people use that is based on the statement “You reap what you sow.” However, “karma” cannot get someone if no one is holding people accountable for what they do wrong. “Karma” has to have a force behind it but if there is no one but you trying to hold the wrongdoer accountable “karma” is not going to get the wrongdoer.

So the reason I know a lot of people aren’t going to like that I am putting this out there is cause for one I have been in an abusive relationship before and know how abusers manipulate people and so I can see through manipulation pretty easy and it shows that society prefers silent complicity over dealing with actual problems in our world. Yet if anything recently the world has shown that this whole silent complicity and not holding people accountable is costing lives as many turn to suicide as a means to escape the harm being done onto them and the feelings of being alone and aren’t cared about as what’s the point of reaching out when you know people aren’t going to listen and manipulate you into silent complicity and give you false hopes of “karma” and claiming you can’t force people to do things while they are forcing you to? Or you get people who hate POC or the mentally disabled that kill them.

How long does society think it can keep doing these manipulation tactics before people start wising up and realizing it’s just a means of manipulation to not hold people accountable and avoid problems?

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Ricky James Alan Bryant
Ricky James Alan Bryant

Written by Ricky James Alan Bryant

Fighting against homophobia and social injustice.

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