Comments by "Clogs" (@clogs4956) on "Male Athlete Heroically Dominates Female Swimming Championship | Ep. 893" video.

  1.  @salamander4173  these lady swimmers are just a small example of what’s happening in wider society, where a bunch of weak, bitter bullies are being allowed - nay, egged on - to hurt everyone with their politics of envy. Why are you recommending that the ladies stand up for themselves? Why don’t you issue the rallying call and declare you’re standing up for them? It’s difficult to fight, isn’t it? If a bully hits you in the face, it’s obvious, but word salads, gaslighting and smear campaigns are a little harder to tackle, especially as logic has nothing to do with it. Now, escalate that from one-on-one abuse to a national level and ask how you’ll fight a fake reality when its flying monkeys are legion and legally endorsed.
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  2. I’ve just made a comment on a thread, but let me reiterate the core of it here: what’s happening in every single situation Matt discusses is abuse, most especially of common sense. Weak, mean, personally ineffective bullies, supported by sycophantic flying monkeys, are being urged to use gaslighting, word salads and smear campaigns against their especial targets (women, physical sport, minorities, the family etc.). It’s hard to fight back, because there’s no logic and arguing with an abuser can make things much, much worse. It’s a dynamic that every abuse survivor recognises: the victim is declared to be the cause of the abuse; the abuser is only trying to ‘save’ the victim from themselves and their incorrect opinions, which must be replaced by the abuser’s; the abuser is superior to the victim in every way; the victim is the abuser and the abuser is the victim... The core of abuse is entitlement and the abuser doesn’t have to use fists, although that’s always an option. These nasty individuals are enjoying the ultimate power trip. Their inflated sense of self-righteousness is being ‘justified’ and, feeling empowered, they cause even more harm because no one can figure out how to stand up to them. Then other bullies of the same ilk feel the possibility of vicarious power and start adding their venom to the brew... then the impressionable or frightened decide they’d rather be riding the Juggernaut than crushed beneath its wheels and offer up sacrifices to prove their dedication. Possibly somewhere, someone is laughing like a cartoon villain.
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