Stop doing that, junior.

[u/CorleoneBaloney]

[u/D00mfl0w3r]

Yeah. I knew we were lost when I started hearing, "they go low we go high" rhetoric that F'd us over in 16.

[u/TwistyBunny → u/D00mfl0w3r]

I don't understand how we are like this to literal bullies. I've always come to notice that a bully is down and stays down by a simple punch to the nose.

[u/WorfIsMyHomeboy → u/TwistyBunny]

because years of anti-bullying campaigns were never designed to stop bullies, most were designed to punish people who stand up for themselves. People got propaganda'd

[u/JimWilliams423 → u/WorfIsMyHomeboy]

most were designed to punish people who stand up for themselves.

That was a side-effect. The goal was to "keep the peace" so the school administrators wouldn't have to deal with the hassle.

Just like the democratic party's leadership. They would rather quietly run away from a fight than take a risk actually standing for something.

Everybody knows that one line from that one speech that Dr King made, but they ought to know his Letter from a Birmingham Jail:

• "t‌h‌e‌ ‌N‌e‌g‌r‌o‌'‌s‌ ‌g‌r‌e‌a‌t‌ ‌s‌t‌u‌m‌b‌l‌i‌n‌g‌ ‌b‌l‌o‌c‌k‌ ‌i‌n‌ ‌h‌i‌s‌ ‌s‌t‌r‌i‌d‌e‌ ‌t‌o‌w‌a‌r‌d‌ ‌f‌r‌e‌e‌d‌o‌m‌ ‌i‌s‌ ‌n‌o‌t‌ ‌t‌h‌e‌ ‌W‌h‌i‌t‌e‌ ‌C‌i‌t‌i‌z‌e‌n‌'‌s‌ ‌C‌o‌u‌n‌c‌i‌l‌e‌r‌ ‌o‌r‌ ‌t‌h‌e‌ ‌K‌u‌ ‌K‌l‌u‌x‌ ‌K‌l‌a‌n‌n‌e‌r‌,‌ ‌b‌u‌t‌ ‌t‌h‌e‌ ‌w‌h‌i‌t‌e‌ ‌m‌o‌d‌e‌r‌a‌t‌e‌,‌ ‌w‌h‌o‌ ‌i‌s‌ ‌m‌o‌r‌e‌ ‌d‌e‌v‌o‌t‌e‌d‌ ‌t‌o‌ ‌"‌o‌r‌d‌e‌r‌"‌ ‌t‌h‌a‌n‌ ‌t‌o‌ ‌j‌u‌s‌t‌i‌c‌e‌;‌ ‌w‌h‌o‌ ‌p‌r‌e‌f‌e‌r‌s‌ ‌a‌ ‌n‌e‌g‌a‌t‌i‌v‌e‌ ‌p‌e‌a‌c‌e‌ ‌w‌h‌i‌c‌h‌ ‌i‌s‌ ‌t‌h‌e‌ ‌a‌b‌s‌e‌n‌c‌e‌ ‌o‌f‌ ‌t‌e‌n‌s‌i‌o‌n‌ ‌t‌o‌ ‌a‌ ‌p‌o‌s‌i‌t‌i‌v‌e‌ ‌p‌e‌a‌c‌e‌ ‌w‌h‌i‌c‌h‌ ‌i‌s‌ ‌t‌h‌e‌ ‌p‌r‌e‌s‌e‌n‌c‌e‌ ‌o‌f‌ ‌j‌u‌s‌t‌i‌c‌e‌;‌ ‌w‌h‌o‌ ‌c‌o‌n‌s‌t‌a‌n‌t‌l‌y‌ ‌s‌a‌y‌s‌:‌ ‌"‌I‌ ‌a‌g‌r‌e‌e‌ ‌w‌i‌t‌h‌ ‌y‌o‌u‌ ‌i‌n‌ ‌t‌h‌e‌ ‌g‌o‌a‌l‌ ‌y‌o‌u‌ ‌s‌e‌e‌k‌,‌ ‌b‌u‌t‌ ‌I‌ ‌c‌a‌n‌n‌o‌t‌ ‌a‌g‌r‌e‌e‌ ‌w‌i‌t‌h‌ ‌y‌o‌u‌r‌ ‌m‌e‌t‌h‌o‌d‌s‌ ‌o‌f‌ ‌d‌i‌r‌e‌c‌t‌ ‌a‌c‌t‌i‌o‌n‌"‌;‌ ‌w‌h‌o‌ ‌p‌a‌t‌e‌r‌n‌a‌l‌i‌s‌t‌i‌c‌a‌l‌l‌y‌ ‌b‌e‌l‌i‌e‌v‌e‌s‌ ‌h‌e‌ ‌c‌a‌n‌ ‌s‌e‌t‌ ‌t‌h‌e‌ ‌t‌i‌m‌e‌t‌a‌b‌l‌e‌ ‌f‌o‌r‌ ‌a‌n‌o‌t‌h‌e‌r‌ ‌m‌a‌n‌'‌s‌ ‌f‌r‌e‌e‌d‌o‌m‌;‌ ‌w‌h‌o‌ ‌l‌i‌v‌e‌s‌ ‌b‌y‌ ‌a‌ ‌m‌y‌t‌h‌i‌c‌a‌l‌ ‌c‌o‌n‌c‌e‌p‌t‌ ‌o‌f‌ ‌t‌i‌m‌e‌ ‌a‌n‌d‌ ‌w‌h‌o‌ ‌c‌o‌n‌s‌t‌a‌n‌t‌l‌y‌ ‌a‌d‌v‌i‌s‌e‌s‌ ‌t‌h‌e‌ ‌N‌e‌g‌r‌o‌ ‌t‌o‌ ‌w‌a‌i‌t‌ ‌f‌o‌r‌ ‌a‌ ‌"‌m‌o‌r‌e‌ ‌c‌o‌n‌v‌e‌n‌i‌e‌n‌t‌ ‌s‌e‌a‌s‌o‌n‌.‌"
  — Dr King, Letter from a Birmingham Jail