This is true and I think one of the things that I do which annoys people is to clearly make definitive claims. And I only back down for facts and reason, never for emotional pressure.
You ARE what you will not bend on
This clip lives rent free in my head now, so I'm going to keep talking about it
I will not defend Brennan. What he's doing here is indefensible. However, I am going to explain it:
BLeeM is the pinacle of the Toxic Positivity mindset. The Apex Pleaser. Part of a whole culture of people who have been entirely transformed into human possums
They have no more defense mechanisms, least of all against bad ideas. The only thing such people are permitted to do in any confrontation is play dead. Challenging anything that isn't one of the Approved Targets is totally verboten. They're forced at every turn to approve of every bad idea they hear, no matter how vile
And you can tell Brennan disagrees with this woman viscerally. That's what the silly teasing is: his only acceptable form of pushback. A desperate plea for her to make it all a joke. To laugh it off so he isn't forced to say something he doesn't believe
But in the end she doubles down, so he takes her side anyway. He must. To do anything less would be to make himself a villain in his own culture
It's despicable cowardice, but that's what this mindset does to people, given time