Cultural Bullying and the Repression of Expression; The death of free speech.

Maybe one reason it's hard to tell the two groups apart is because they are both fighting for IDEOLOGIES.  The following is a perfect example of "The Pacification of Humanity."  The following is what occurs when ideologies become contagious and infect humanity via the Cultural Bully.  

 

I went the local college campus other day to see if I could find a safe space for my ideals.  I don't think they liked my 'MAKE AMERICA GREAT HAT."  I was treated as if I had violated a travel ban by just walking onto campus.   I'm a tax payer and an honorably discharged Reservist; most of the people attending that school aren't prior service or tax payers.  They tried to shame me with their little "under the breath" comments.  I think I heard; moron, idiot, retard, racist, fascist, communist, POS, stupid and even Un-American (with a "Make AMERICA Great Again" hat on).  No one knew me or even spoke directly to me until I asked where I could practice my free speech.  They said; NOT HERE!  I asked them where the safe space was and they said there isn't one here for you; it's to protect us from assholes like you.  I asked if it mattered whether I was a student or not; they said NOPE!  

I'm a psychotherapist/counselor of almost 30 years. (I am just shy of 300 college credits and I have 5 degrees.  I spent the majority of my professional life working in Baltimore City Public schools and drug treatment.  I was often the only white in the building.)  While this was happening at the campus I noticed something that really troubled me. (That's my job, that's what I do, I notice things.)  I noticed that there were many young people there who did not agree with what was occurring; with the verbal ATTACKS and macro aggressions being launched at me.  It was as if some of the kids there actually felt for me and identified with me.  Not necessarily with my views (they didn't know them) but with my being shut down.  What troubled me is that these other voices were being bullied into silence; repressed and stifled.  I understand why they don't speak up.   

They were silent because they are being bullied into silence just like the conservative Berkeley students that wanted to hear Milo speak.   The voices at Berkeley were shut down and we now have video proof that this is violation of free speech is happening on publicly funded college campuses.

The reality is that the so called SAFE SPACES are not safe spaces at all.  They are INFORMATION PROTECTION ZONES.   Spaces where only preferred ideologies are allowed to be spewed.  No CONTRARY DATA is allowed.  No challenge is welcome: They are ideological echo chambers (I cover the Echo Chamber phenomena in great detail in the book.)

This post is about BULLYING, specifically CULTURAL BULLYING.

(The following information below is from the book; "The Pacification of Humanity; Exposing the Ideological Contagions."  Like all the information contained on this blog is copyright protected and is the intellectual property of the author; Emmanuel S. John.)

The Incubation of the Cultural Bully

There are groups of people in today's society that I have already referred to as "Cultural Bullies."  Instead of wanting your lunch money these bullies want your submission to their ideals and your allegiance to their causes.  These bullies may act alone but when they do they use the weight of the entire popular cultural to beat you down. 

These cultural bullies are both loosely held-together groups of people and clearly identified social organizations.  You might find them on the local playground or advertising their party's candidate for the coming election.  They are groups of people who band together to pressure others through the use of topic polarization; suggesting that you must choose one side or the other of an issue.   Obviously they want you to adopt and support their agendas; there are always agendas.  But that is not enough!  They also want you to become a champion for their causes, often suggesting that if you don't back them up then there is something wrong with you and that you are inhumane, ignorant, uncaring and hateful. 

These groups of cultural bullies see it as fashionable to voice support in any and every way possible, be it t-shirts, bumper stickers or under-organized protests.  They create impulsive time-limited opportunities to show your support that keep people from having too much time to think about it; the flash mob mentality.  The cultural bully will often use unfriendly labels and hate speech to shame and coerce those who do not respond.  They will say and do whatever is necessary to gain either your allegiance or your silence.  This is cultural bullying. 

Through the use of a technique called "polarization" they often force your choice.  They malign unimportant issues with what only seem to be vital causes.  They will seek your support on issues that you don't give a damn about then use your desire to be socially accepted into their social group as a prerequisite for allegiance; just like on the playground. "Are you pro-choice or pro-life?"  They will always maintain that you are either with them or against them.  They will proclaim your right to choose then take it away reporting that being neutral is a sign of consent to the opposition.  This is coercion.   

Just like the schoolyard bully, they need you do things their way; it's the only way they can feel secure about themselves and their beliefs.  They want you to get in lock step with them and follow their directions.  Once you show them your weakness, your so called "out of the box opinions" are history.   

It is my theory that this "cultural bully" phenomenon is actually a type of social dysfunction brought on by a society that sees democracy as more than a form of government.  They believe that what is right is determined by a majority consensus; that when most of the people agree, an ideology is not only right but that it is also somehow realistic.  Consensus is the only proof they need to prove anything.  That is why facts annoy them.

Many people in the modern world believe with every fiber of their being that if the majority of people in a group agree on something that it must be correct and valid.  That somehow logic and reality are a math equation that evolves out of a majority consensus. Whoever has the most voters at the end not only wins the argument but has somehow been proven to be right.  This is a perversion of democracy and an ill-fated use of consensus.  Their belief is that; "Most of us think this way so you should too! ....

Ever been in a place where the majority of people decide something is right or wrong (without data) simply  because they outnumbered those who might see something different; perhaps even in regards to a looming catastrophe like Hurricane Katrina?  As if, because they are larger in number and because "we all agree" that it somehow makes the belief accurate. 

This conundrum has always puzzled me because most people believe that the MAJORITY of people are stupid.  So yes, even dysfunction can become the new normal and eventually the law.  Ever seen people rejoice and feel they were right because the Supreme Court said so?  Heck, why do we even need science?  Just poll the audience!

I get that some of the above is funny when seen in the light of day, but the light of day is not where these bullies operate.  Instead, their operations are covert (hidden).  They often do their planning behind closed doors using the self-righteous justification that they know what is best for the rest of us.  Believing they know better is the heart of progressivism and this self-righteousness is not reserved for any one political party.  For the most part progressives will figure out your needs without asking you and then give you a solution you didn't want.  The problem is not their solutions as much as it is their methods.  Before they advocate for a solution they should determine what problems those solutions will create; they don't. 

In a somewhat dastardly fashion these bully groups are actually taking advantage of the yearning and even the need that many people in today's society have to be accepted, to fit in and to be relevant.  Cultural Bullies only embrace individuals who share their sentiments and, in a very cult like manner, they ostracize the people who don't agree; usually beginning with personal attacks like: "You're stupid, you're a racist, a sexist, a homophobe, you're a religious nut, an atheist, a commie, etc…" Because people don't want to be called these names they suspend their objections.  This is pacification at the hand of a bully!

This is happening to your children in school; everyday!

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