askchapo

I took a course on social organizing. And every time a question like this was asked (how do we convince x....) I would try and come up with a clever way of doing it. Then the instructor would provide several examples of what you might say and they were all direct.

So here's what you could do:

Tell them to shut the fuck up and let someone else talk.

I'll add to this: Trying to be nice to people who are disruptive in an organization, or people you dislike for some reason, will undermine the cause/organizing/institution etc. It is far better to personally deal with issues rather than let them fester and lead to resentment.

That doesn't mean kick someone out (necessarily), but confront them and do the uncomfortable thing. We have power through numbers, which means all our efforts are necessarily social.

It will be hard, it will suck, you might even need to go home and have a cry afterwards. But you, your organization, and your comrades will form stronger bonds, and experience far more wins than are otherwise possible.