tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7937282.post111452517600735547..comments2024-01-23T02:11:02.912-08:00Comments on B.D.'s world: Equal Rights and the BullyB.D.http://www.blogger.com/profile/02144122671576207950noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7937282.post-1114732564447598262005-04-28T16:56:00.000-07:002005-04-28T16:56:00.000-07:00I go along with that. I think on why they have th...I go along with that. I think on why they have this need to say "I've got mine, so fuck you!" to everyone else. It is my bias they fear generosity to others will in some way weaken the financial or social position to which they feel such entitlement. It is this I consider to be cowardly. I wish it was only the baby boomers, the 20 and 30 somethings I see in yuppie land seem to have accepted and built upon the attitude with a frightening gusto.Scotthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10543839836945031346noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7937282.post-1114601964480047592005-04-27T04:39:00.000-07:002005-04-27T04:39:00.000-07:00I think avoiding conflict is a big player in this....I think avoiding conflict is a big player in this. People don't know how to deal with conflict well and often, as The Residents put it, get "caught in the act of being polite".<BR/><BR/>I'm not so certain that the cowardly segment feared giving a helping hand to the disadvantaged. That could be part of it, but I'll have to think on that. I take the more cynical approach that these people are part of the "I've got mine, so fuck you" generation formerly known as "Baby Boomers"B.D.https://www.blogger.com/profile/02144122671576207950noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7937282.post-1114548185904442992005-04-26T13:43:00.000-07:002005-04-26T13:43:00.000-07:00You assertion about the bully having the power to ...You assertion about the bully having the power to carry out the threat, either by ability or obeisance on the victim's part got me to thinking. I suspect it may be more common for the victim to grant the power to avoid conflict or something else they fear. I can find no other explanation for our population as a whole caving to every desire of the right with self-righteous cowardice. It seems the cowardly segment of the population (who all knowingly voted for corruption if you ask me) because they feared giving a helping hand to the disadvantaged.<BR/><BR/>By disadvantaged I mean the poor, minorities be they racial or sexual, and those not practicing the implicit state religion. It appears they revel in abject terror of these disadvantaged people, and will support anything which "puts them back where they belong."<BR/><BR/>Bullies are in fact base cowards, and require the backing of all the cowards they can find or create.Scotthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10543839836945031346noreply@blogger.com