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How to Respond to Opposition Tactics

  

Tools & Checklists

 Contributed by Chris Hampton, Jenette Nagy, Eric Wadud, and Aimee Whittman Edited by Stephen B. Fawcett, Bill Berkowitz, and Kate Nagy

Checklist

Here, you'll find a checklist summarizing the major points contained in the text.


___Your opposition is trying to intimidate your group to reduce its effectiveness with opposition tactics.

___You have recognized the tactic(s) your opposition is using:

  • Deflection
  • Delays
  • Denials
  • Discounting
  • Deception
  • Dividing
  • Dulcifying
  • Discrediting
  • Destroy
  • Deal

___You have decided to fight these tactics.

___You understand your opponent and their strategy.

___If you are meeting with the opposition, you have established or influenced the agenda.

___You have decided to publicly state the opponent's strategy if necessary.

___You have kept your opponents off balance by not relying on the same response approaches all of the time.

___You know the history including the preferred tactics of the people you are battling.

___You are willing to compromise.