One of these is coercive narrative, whereby devices are used to ensure we accept a dominant version of a person and their motives or of events and their causes. Coercive narrative is not simply a fixed personal belief; it inflicts a fixed story on others. "What you’re really saying is that we need clarity, and that’s what my story provides," or "What I hear you saying is that we have to go forward in this way." Mocking dismissal such as "You don’t really believe that/You can’t be that stupid/You’re too smart not to see…" boxes the audience into a corner where dissent is difficult. We are better equipped to protect ourselves when we can spot the devices used to box us into the coerced narrative.