Re: For the Massechisettianiters


"Dally" <Dally@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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> JMW wrote:
>
>> Jason Earl <jearl@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>>
>>>As far as I can tell Charles (Hudson) seems to be obsessed with
>>>mocking Dally and badgering Will. Almost to the exclusion of all
>>>else.
>>
>> Well, I can say with pride that I am at top of the enemies list: the
>> original Public Enemy Number One (in his mind). All I need do is
>> mention him, and he will begin a tirade. Just watch his response to
>> this post and every other post I make for a day or two hereafter.
>> He's quite predictable.
>
> I've been quite happily ignoring him but he changed his name again and I
> just now put him back in the bozo bin, but not before I noted the
> correctness of your prediction.
>
>> Of course, he convinces himself that if he jumps all over me, he has
>> successfully "silenced" me. The truth is that it's fun to rattle his
>> chain every once in a while, but it quickly becomes boring to wade
>> through his protracted, self-righteous screeds, and after entertaining
>> myself with two or three of those, I "silence" his posts with a quick
>> Highlight > Right-click > Mark Read.
>
> I'm glad if you're having fun with him. I'm not. It really creeps me out
> that he's still so fascinated with me.
>
> What really puzzles me is why anyone would play his little malicious
> stalking games with him. David from Oz displayed an occasional human
> side - why would he want to join with the most hated trolls in slamming
> someone senselessly over and over again?
>
> This is what I've been thinking about. Bullies act like bullies. But why
> do people in the crowd egg them on? What does David get out of slandering
> someone? Is it some sort of shared pathology: his friend is an embittered
> hateful stalker so he needs to be one, too?
>
> One thing that I've made clear note of: these posts are archived forever.
> You act like a malicious gossip, you slander people deliberately: it's now
> part of the record about what sort of person you are. If a guy (David)
> goes outside a bar and sees a bunch of guys kicking some woman lying in
> the dirt, what makes him join in? Does it matter if he knows he's being
> video-taped? Is there a way for him to say, "hey, cut it out, here lady,
> let me give you a hand?" Or are his only choices to stand silent or kick
> along with them?
>
> I've got a kid in middle school and another in high school and
> anti-bullying issues have been big in our town over the past few years.
> I've really been paying attention to how this plays out in MFW. I'm still
> not clear on why people would choose to join in someone else's fight when
> they know they are being recorded. What is the fascination with kicking
> someone when they're down?
>
> Dally

I once tried being nice to people, but it didn't seem to work well. It was
the nasty guys that seem to pull the chicks. (in your analogy above, were
these fellas simply kicking you or were they 'having their way' with you?)


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