LOL, I f*ckin get it! (POLITICOS VS PEACEFULOS)

[Sovereign Curtis]

Ok, I understand now why the politicos love to drag the civ-dis/anarchy crowd through the mud.
We are the "little brother". You see big bro goes to school, and gets picked on by all the "cool" kids,
so he comes home and wacks little brother with a tennis racket (what, you didnt do that to your
little bro?).

See here:

http://bluehampshire.com/showDiary.do?diaryId=8645

I don't think there is anything "wrong" morally or whatever with what they did.
I do think it was stupid, because all it did was antagonize people and hurt the cause.

"They" go to "school" and hear all these catch phrases, and later on they come home and
regurgitate them to their PeacefulO little brother/sister. "Its all YOUR fault" they say, while deep
down, they say to them self, "its all my fault, if only I was ______, I would be one of the cool kids".

Hey big bro...you're already cool to me. Stop trying so hard.

[dalebert]

So they're being abused in the political process and they normalize the abuse. This also reminds me of how the process of freshmen getting picked on by upper classmen gets perpetuated. People get picked on as Freshmen and then when they advance to higher grades, they pick on the incoming freshmen. This is also true of abusive parenting situations. Abused kids are all the more likely to become abusive parents. So what does it take to break the cycle of abuse?

I have to give kudos to the video makers on that website. They went back and confronted the abuser and directed their anger in the right direction. Are they going to go to the Republicans who voted against it next?

[Kat Kanning]

Come on guys, do we really need to propagate the hostility?

[cathleeninnh]

Far more hostility comes from the outside the system activism. Politicos exhibit frustration more often than hostility. There is more understanding than tolerance on both sides.

[thinkliberty]

I could not understand what the people were saying at the end of the video

[TackleTheWorld]

Thanks for the insight, Sovereign Curtis.  You could be right in your "poop rolls downhill" situation that the poop lands on the peacefulos because they are harmless and small and can offer no serious retaliation.  But it can work the other way around too.  Politicos are relatively harmless and small compared to the bureaucrats who have guns and jails at their disposal.

Also, of all the hostility, insult and wrongdoing mentioned here, hitting little brothers is by far the worst, and probably the cause of all the other abuse.   I'm sad and sorry if that happened to you. 

[Sovereign Curtis]

Thanks for the insight, Sovereign Curtis.  You could be right in your "poop rolls downhill" situation that the poop lands on the peacefulos because they are harmless and small and can offer no serious retaliation.  But it can work the other way around [tu].  Politicos are relatively harmless and small compared to the bureaucrats who have guns and jails at their disposal.

Also, of all the hostility, insult and wrongdoing mentioned here, hitting little brothers is by far the worst, and probably the cause of all the other abuse.   I'm sad and sorry if that happened to you.

I'm sad and sorry to admit that I was the big bro, I got picked on by the cool kids, and I aggressed on  my little bro when I got home (one time with a tennis racket). I am obviously not proud of my behavior. Everyone (being parents/adults/etc) always told me to quit picking on my little bro because one day he would be bigger than me and the tables would be turned. I never believed them. He is currently 2-3 inches taller than me, 40lbs or so heavier than me (all muscle), and he's in the military (yet he hasn't touched me, the trained killer is less a bully than his big bro was at age ten)

Moral, listen to your elders and put down the frigging tennis racket.

[AntonLee]

I was the younger brother.  I still am.  I find it animalistic to hurt others and thru it all I wondered what it was I did to deserve the pain most people put on me. 

In the end, there were no answers.  I found the best way was to suck it up and pretend it doesn't bother you.  Keep your emotions to yourself until you're home locked away where you can express it.  (like the NHUnderground forum)

[TackleTheWorld]

Yeah, I'm the big sister who remembers beating my little brothers too.  It's a tough thing to admit.  But, where did the big kids learn to act that way?  After all, the big kids are still kids, and learned their habits from bigger and stronger people.  I had no idea a human could be gentle and respectful and benevolent until I was 17 or so.

[Lloyd Danforth]

Rodney King called and said to stop it!

[Friday]

Yeah, I'm the big sister who remembers beating my little brothers [tu].  It's a tough thing to admit.  But, where did the big kids learn to act that way?  After all, the big kids are still kids, and learned their habits from bigger and stronger people. 

I was a big sister, but my brother usually could, and did, kick my ass anyway. I have a scar from one of our many battles.    But one time, in a completely unprovoked and spontaneous act of pure evil, I smashed him in the head with a full can of coke.   

I had no idea a human could be gentle and respectful and benevolent until I was 17 or so.

That's funny.  My brother and I have commented as adults that we had no idea what "normal" was like until we were old enough to leave "home".   

[Russell Kanning]

i don't see any hostility here .... this is like the peace love and happiness thread

[Sovereign Curtis]

This thread is now about older siblings who regret the role they played in sibling on sibling violence.

Maybe we should start a group and do some outreach?

[cathleeninnh]

Sounds like it. Wow! I was little sis, but my brother's dominance wasn't physical at all. He did destroy most of my toys in an effort see how they worked.

[David]

I'm both.  I'm the third of 5 kids.  I haven't put on the rosy colored glasses, and still feel very guilty for how I treated my younger brother.