How often do we hear "Rajini is BJP" false-blames nowadays? I feel its reduced & now news articles started writing like "Rajini's entry is a headache to BJP."

Regardless of truth in it, its a classic effect of reducing negatives by adopting defensive style. THREAD. (1/10)

Two styles of play - Aggressive & Defensive. You can relate that to any field. To make it more relatable, I compare it to boxing. Aggressive boxers always focus on how to attack their enemy whereas defensive boxers have strong willpower to face any kind of punches. (2/10)

Anybody can realize that in politics, one has to face lot of punches and heavy blows. But to have the willpower to face those punches is what makes you a smart & strong politician. Deeper the willpower, stronger you become. Rajinikanth's biggest strength is his willpower. (3/10)

If he didn't have that willpower, he'd have either entered blame game politics or he'd have quit politics already for the level of attacks he faced & facing. IMO, Rajinikanth is a defensive boxer. He likes to earn punches to his face. But why? Lot of reasons are there. (4/10)

Few most important reasons are, to study opponent's pattern of moves & to make opponent feel tired by taking them to saturation point.

Studying moves: Since DMK keeps on attacking Rajini without Rajini speaking about them, he understood his game is mainly against DMK. (5/10)

As Rajinikanth's silence (defense) gives more space, DMK keeps their play very open. Now Rajini can study them very carefully. Even though DMK knows about this, but they can't avoid attacking Rajinikanth due to their desperation & insecurity against him. (6/10)

Making opponent's tired: As we all know, making our opponent to keep hitting us hard continuously doesn't only weaken us but also make them tired. So, if we are very strong *willpower* to bear their punches, we can make them tired & hit them back at right time. (7/10)

Likewise in politics, Rajini allows his opponents to tarnish his own image by not responding to *all* false-blames like "Rajini is BJP, Rajini won't enter politics, etc.," As of now, these stupid stories had reached a point of saturation. If opponents use this further... (8/10)

...it won't have any big attention that attracts neutrals. Even they will get annoyed by it. This is what Rajini wants.

Opponents tried to implant an idea against Rajini, but Rajini is silently making their ideas tired in mind of commoners. That's the power of defense! (9/10)

"In a world where the big fish eat small fish and the small fish eat shrimps, Singapore must become a poisonous shrimp.”

Lee Kuan Yew adopted defensive style of play. So does Rajinikanth. (10/10)