Anyone with real skills in science and research is unlikely to succumb to any type of bullying.
Political Correctness is a brand of bullying, that’s all it is.
There are two types of bullies. The first type is narcissistic. These are essentially juveniles (regardless of age) who are easy to defeat. This is because they don’t even know where power begins and are never realistic about what is actually going on.
The second type of bully is a realist. They are several orders harder to deal with. They are absolutely cynical and hard headed in everything they do. These are the true promoters of Political Correctness and any form of “correctness” will do for them.
The “Greatest Generation” had no street smarts, was favored by an affluence that was not of their doing, and accordingly was easy prey for the second type of bully. If life were harsher for them, they would have been more prone to stand up to the second type of bully.
I think one of the greatest mistakes that revolutionaries continually make is failure to accurately identify the second type of bully for attacks.
A policy of attacking only the truly guilty is critical and tragically almost always ignored.
#1 by shari on 06/27/2007 - 3:09 pm
The lack of ability to judge character AT ALL is really wide spread. This business of “not judging” has been another bully tactic. It’s a skill that needs to be honed, no matter what situation you are in.
#2 by Bob on 06/27/2007 - 4:01 pm
“Nonjudgemental” today means leaving judgement to the PAID experts.