This one time I had to sit in room for a few hours with some guy who was a "pacifist activist." My god... What a fucking panzy biggest fuck stick I've met. Or one of them. All this pathetic excuse for man did was complain about cops, and how they are doing their jobs. How the left media is the only media which isn't biased. He talks about how we shouldn't fight, and it wouldn't be a big deal if we didn't fight back against, ISIS, AQIM, North Korea, etc... He tells some story about how when he was in high school he had to register for the draft and how the military is equal to the Third Reich. But the thing that finally made me wonder how this guy managed to live this long was his stance on bullying in schools and what not. This guy seriously told us the way to stop a kid from getting beat up is to ask the bully to stop and say "that's rude." What the fuck?! This is the popular opinion in our civilization? Seriously? Holy fucking shit I swear I am not making this bullshit up.
I told those that decided to try to bully me to stop, first. It's the right thing to do, and in the context of a self defense argument is a prudent step to take. In all reality, common sense isn't common and nobody knows what they're doing is fucked up for the most part unless someone voices it. Unfortunately, voicing that opinion doesn't always work out as intended... as I had two distinct instances of "bullying" as a kid happen to me.
One group ended up breaking my glasses with a sucker punch. Then when they realized that not only could I take a punch, but now the punch deliverer had a broken hand from my face and unlike prior to that blow, I was now actually pissed...and they fucking ran like cowards. I didn't pursue as I was in the middle of working my paper route and all my customers were on the phone to the cops on their own volition so I had to wait for that rigamarole to finish up. I ended up having to call my second job and tell them I was going to be late. Needless to say all my coworkers at the computer store were laughing at the situation once I finally got there, as they were all older and more life experienced (I was the sole high schooler working as bike messenger/computer tech at the computer store). Not even a shiner to show for it either, which was chuckleworthy.
The second time, different group, laughed and continued to fuck with me when I tried to deconflict/defuse the stupidity.
Having learned my lesson the first time, when the three of them decided to continue to try to press the subject from verbal bullshit to executing minor and threatening major physical action, I chased them for over 4 blocks with the full intent of beating them senseless with my backpack. Basically everyone saw me tearing after the group of fucktards with my 40+lb backpack of books on and just went "holey shit' as I was gaining on them while still on school grounds. I got bored with running after them so I let them get a couple block lead and then took a detour to home once I realized they had stopped looking back to see where I was and were actually in full flight from me.
That got around school, at which point the worst I got was the usual verbal jabs from just being "me" (lanky nerdish kid, one of about 60 white kids in a school population of about 4k) but nobody actually fucked with me after that.
My biology teacher who was also the defensive coach for the football team and had seen me bolt after them then heard what had happened (he didn't see the lead-up as he was engaged by an uninvolved student asking about an assignment, and wasn't close enough to intervene once things started going sideways) tried to get me to come on the team at that point after seeing me move the fuck out, but with two jobs + boy scouts + school outdoor club there was no way I could do team activities as well. He did get a kick later when I came by the school to say hi after being in Regiment for a year, as he was in the Army in Germany when 1st and 2nd Batt were doing their thing in 83.
Found it comical in afterthought that nobody ever had the balls to have any straight one versus one altercations with me. So did my friends, and it wasn't like I was remotely known as a fighter or anything of that sort.
My thoughts now, only slightly molded by experience, is that unless you've garnered some specific directed and pretty permanent hatred towards you, if you actually stand up for yourself when necessary, you won't be fucked with. I didn't start shit, didn't talk shit, but shit still ended up coming my way, as is life. I dealt with it and moved on unimpeded.
Oh, and with a free set of better glasses too, as the first group all ended up being arrested that day, and as part of sentencing Juvenile court forced mr "broke my hand on a nerds face and ran away from him like a bitch to boot" to buy me new ones. LOL!
As for social justice warriors, they don't seem to understand the concept of discussion. I know some of my own views are contrary and at times offensive, as is my language. I will tailor to some extent how I formulate a response to a discussion depending on the audience, but at the same time I am not afraid of saying what I feel needs to be said to make my perspective and points known. The whole point of a discussion is to discuss information and learn/share viewpoints regarding information. If you can't step away from a discussion mentally regarding your feelings regarding a topic, and be able to take in what is being presented or said, then YOU shouldn't be taking part in the discussion.
Example: I despise HRC with a passion as a political entity and as a person. This stance has been built up by her statements compared to her actions and inactions and the results of the same. The reason I go further than just as a political entity, is because when you look at things with a wider perspective, a large portion of these actions and inactions when compared to other people in the same sense, are character traits just as much as calculated mental decisions.
