Hurtful things people say
Ok I have read many time on this board how people have gone out an had a good time an the people around them responded with politness, an seem to be ok with what we do. as well as some bad expirences.
I dont want to burst anyones bubble but, heres a little story out about someone here in my home town,
This person dresses every day in wemons clothes, he does not however hide the fact that he is a guy in girls clothes, he even goes to work this way.
I have know of this person for about 6 years now. an even seen him out an about , people are very polite to him when he is around, but the things they say when he is not can be very desurbing.
just the other day at my work place, ( understand I work around mostly very mocho men or at least they think they are,) this person was brought up in a conversation at lunch time an they literaly tore him to peices, verbaly bashed him to the point that if he had been standing there they would have taped him up an threw him into the furnus, they had work them selves in to a frenzy over how it was wrong an people like us should all be rounded up an shot.
I didnt dare open my mouth to say anything, It took a boss walking it quite things down.
I feel sad for these people that they have nothing better to do in thier live than to bash on people that are differant then they are.
Ivey
Hatred and Apathy - Where Evil is born
Mob mentality occurs when fear of being the odd one out is projected as hate onto those who are different in some real or imagined way.
It is a disturbance and insecurity in an individual, that is broadcast to gather a group equally insecure and in need of validation. A group in this frenzy becomes a mob which can deal out a storm of hatred. Like the butterfly changing the weather pattern, a single unchecked insecurity can lead to a Holocaust.
It takes courage to step in and add one more voice of support for those who seem to be different - and run the risk of being a target along with them.
This is where Evil is born, and where it is to be confronted.
Look at what you have at risk by acting, and by not acting to oppose the hatred. Choose wisely and carefully what to do on this ground!
:rose: Roberta :rose: