The Bully Syndrome
Every school I ever went to had a bully or a handful of bullies. That was in the '60's and I suppose they would be called gang members today. Who knows! Whatever the nomenclature, their methodology is the same. What has changed is how society deals with them.
Used to be that a bully could be stopped in his tracks whenever a would-be victim decided he wasn't about to be 'bullied' by some lowlife intimidating thug-in-training. Almost always, when confronted with a sharp blow to the nose, the once determined bully ran off crying never to be feared again.
Not so, today. In this climate of zero tolerance in gov't indoctrination centers, er, schools, bullies still participate in their stealth intimidation tactics. How, you might ask? Well, they are thugs-in-training, and, as such, don't abide by the rules. They do what they do under the radar screen. It is only when someone decides he isn't going to take it any longer, stands up to the bully and punches his lights out that all administrative hell breaks loose. Only then do the egalitarian zero tolerance rule mongers outrageously come forward in righteous indignation, aghast of the violence perpetrated by the victim of repeated harassment. So, because of moronic, politically correct, zero tolerance rules, the defender is punished as severely, if not moreso, than the bully who was in fact the real problem all along. Common sense is tossed out the window because, 'zero' tolerance (of, in this case, violence) means both sides are treated 'equally'.
What I call the 'bully syndrome' isn't just something that occurs in politically correct gov't schools...You see it in many different walks of life.
Take politics, for example. (Since I have no pretense of political correctness, I don't have to cite instances wherein both parties are equally guilty. I'm not fair and balanced like Fox News. I'm as biased as Dan Rather and his wagon circling buddies in the once mainstream media. I admit to my biases whereas they do not.) The dems, as even most casual observers of politicos, pundits and the media rightly observe, are out and out dirty fighters...Much like bullies. Rules? What rules? They only apply to the republicans. The dems will do whatever it takes to win...The end justifies the means, regardless of rules. But when the republicans begin to show aggressive behavior and actually fight back, then desperate screams of protest from the left cry 'fowl' and 'unfair' and 'vicious' and 'mean spirited'. Much like the stereotypical badguys in the World Federation of Wrestling who get away with 'murder' behind the oblivious referee's back. When the 'good guy' makes a legitimate move, the bad guy cries fowl and protests, achingly and theatrically to the inept ref (editorial note: the above wrestling metaphor is not made from first hand knowledge of the wrestling business...rather, from 2nd and 3rd hand anecdotal accounts;>).
The Bully Syndrome is alive and well in Iraq, Israel, the UN and wherever else there is good versus evil. Therein lies the problem in this ever increasing secular world; good versus evil. The secular world does not and, in fact, cannot differentiate between good and evil. To do so would mean that God does, in fact, exist as does evil. That is not acceptable in today's secular world. It is 'offensive and hurtful' to claim that one's actions may be evil or that one religion is right and another one is wrong or that one lifestyle is wrong while another is right. Not only is it 'hurtful', it is considered a hate crime in Canada and many other 'enlightened' secular nations to be 'judgmental' of any behavior different from your own. Therefore, traditional standards have become marginalized and all beliefs and lifestyles are now acceptable (Christians and Jews excepted). Egalitarianism reigns supreme.
The bully now has special rights. His behavior is not only acceptable, it is preferred; and if you wish to confront him or stop his reign of terror, it is YOU who will be vilified as being intolerant, bigoted, biased, racist, homophobic and basically a hateful individual. You see, diversity isn't really all inclusive. It's only inclusive of those who are in step with the acceptable politically correct agenda. Political correctness, and its bastard child, diversity were conceived to 'level the playing field' and make life fair and just for all (supposedly). Quite the opposite is true! Political correctness, just like the bully in the school yard, is abusive, intimidating, intolerant and dictatorial in its demands. It abhors free speech as well as free thought and strives to oppose those freedoms at every turn.
How do you fight this insidious trend? Treat it like the bully. Confront it. Oppose it. Expose its hypocrisies and mock it whenever possible. The PC crowd loses when the light of truth exposes its duplicity. There needs to be more light!
Used to be that a bully could be stopped in his tracks whenever a would-be victim decided he wasn't about to be 'bullied' by some lowlife intimidating thug-in-training. Almost always, when confronted with a sharp blow to the nose, the once determined bully ran off crying never to be feared again.
Not so, today. In this climate of zero tolerance in gov't indoctrination centers, er, schools, bullies still participate in their stealth intimidation tactics. How, you might ask? Well, they are thugs-in-training, and, as such, don't abide by the rules. They do what they do under the radar screen. It is only when someone decides he isn't going to take it any longer, stands up to the bully and punches his lights out that all administrative hell breaks loose. Only then do the egalitarian zero tolerance rule mongers outrageously come forward in righteous indignation, aghast of the violence perpetrated by the victim of repeated harassment. So, because of moronic, politically correct, zero tolerance rules, the defender is punished as severely, if not moreso, than the bully who was in fact the real problem all along. Common sense is tossed out the window because, 'zero' tolerance (of, in this case, violence) means both sides are treated 'equally'.
What I call the 'bully syndrome' isn't just something that occurs in politically correct gov't schools...You see it in many different walks of life.
Take politics, for example. (Since I have no pretense of political correctness, I don't have to cite instances wherein both parties are equally guilty. I'm not fair and balanced like Fox News. I'm as biased as Dan Rather and his wagon circling buddies in the once mainstream media. I admit to my biases whereas they do not.) The dems, as even most casual observers of politicos, pundits and the media rightly observe, are out and out dirty fighters...Much like bullies. Rules? What rules? They only apply to the republicans. The dems will do whatever it takes to win...The end justifies the means, regardless of rules. But when the republicans begin to show aggressive behavior and actually fight back, then desperate screams of protest from the left cry 'fowl' and 'unfair' and 'vicious' and 'mean spirited'. Much like the stereotypical badguys in the World Federation of Wrestling who get away with 'murder' behind the oblivious referee's back. When the 'good guy' makes a legitimate move, the bad guy cries fowl and protests, achingly and theatrically to the inept ref (editorial note: the above wrestling metaphor is not made from first hand knowledge of the wrestling business...rather, from 2nd and 3rd hand anecdotal accounts;>).
The Bully Syndrome is alive and well in Iraq, Israel, the UN and wherever else there is good versus evil. Therein lies the problem in this ever increasing secular world; good versus evil. The secular world does not and, in fact, cannot differentiate between good and evil. To do so would mean that God does, in fact, exist as does evil. That is not acceptable in today's secular world. It is 'offensive and hurtful' to claim that one's actions may be evil or that one religion is right and another one is wrong or that one lifestyle is wrong while another is right. Not only is it 'hurtful', it is considered a hate crime in Canada and many other 'enlightened' secular nations to be 'judgmental' of any behavior different from your own. Therefore, traditional standards have become marginalized and all beliefs and lifestyles are now acceptable (Christians and Jews excepted). Egalitarianism reigns supreme.
The bully now has special rights. His behavior is not only acceptable, it is preferred; and if you wish to confront him or stop his reign of terror, it is YOU who will be vilified as being intolerant, bigoted, biased, racist, homophobic and basically a hateful individual. You see, diversity isn't really all inclusive. It's only inclusive of those who are in step with the acceptable politically correct agenda. Political correctness, and its bastard child, diversity were conceived to 'level the playing field' and make life fair and just for all (supposedly). Quite the opposite is true! Political correctness, just like the bully in the school yard, is abusive, intimidating, intolerant and dictatorial in its demands. It abhors free speech as well as free thought and strives to oppose those freedoms at every turn.
How do you fight this insidious trend? Treat it like the bully. Confront it. Oppose it. Expose its hypocrisies and mock it whenever possible. The PC crowd loses when the light of truth exposes its duplicity. There needs to be more light!
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