In this Pears Before Swine cartoon Rat is an advice columnist.
Question: Dear Rat, I want to be great. How do I go about it?
Rat: Well, greatness is relative. So belittle others.
Rat then turns to Pig and says, “I have a knack for this.”
Have you ever known people who have tried to tear people down to build themselves up? I have!
October 15, 2018
I guess you could call rat a true Opportunist!
I think my last encounter with that type was in junior high school. which is now called middle school.
but in today’s world even adults have thrown away the good manners book.
if they want less teen age suicides that might be one way of stopping or at least slowing them down. by teaching empathy and respect for others’ feelings. the teen years are hard enough without one of their peers tearing them down. but then … maybe they wouldn’t be prepared for the ‘real world!’
so I don’t know the answer to this! but it’s an interesting question.
Apparently the teen years are a lot worse now because of the internet, especially Instagram:
Teens are creating ‘hate pages’ on Instagram to bully and ‘trash’ their peers and Teens Are Being Bullied ‘Constantly’ on Instagram.
Human nature isn’t always pretty. It’s sad and scary.
Our politics is full of it and you cannot escape one or the other national figure doing this every day.
The Me Too movement here is another instance of the whole thing having gone awry.
I cannot think of any group of people, families included that will not have a few individuals who will belittle others to make themselves appear bigger!
So what do you think of India’s Sexual Harassment of Women at Workplace law?
Also, what do you think of the National Register for Citizens process?
It appears to be a popular trend, now that POTUS has shown us how to do it so effectively. The idea is to DESTROY your target, not to merely belittle them!
Yes, as Trump pointed out in a recent interview, whatever it takes to win. The dangers of democracy — he’s taken over the GOP because he has enough popular support. Even Mitch Romney recognizes that the GOP is Trump’s party now.
I’m pretty sure it rife anywhere in the world – be it a little place or a big place…
I believe I’ve talked about people who believe that they should “advise” me because I’m doing it all wrong – as if their age meant that they had more knowledge on any subject – especially if what I do is alien to them, well below normal standards.
Yes, people like that can be annoying! Even if they mean well and aren’t just trying to feed their own egos.
Yes, I’ve known a few people like that. When I was working for a major charity, a new manager was appointed who was keen to big himself up and surround himself with yes men (or women). So he made out that four long-standing admin staff including myself were incompetent, got us all made redundant and hired some of his old cronies.
Human nature in action, I’m afraid. 🙁
The law is excellent and badly needed. The national register too is badly needed as some political elements imported illegals into our country and were making them into vote banks disturbing local demographies/languages/job markets.
Unfortunately even a good change can have collateral damage. Presumably the new Sexual Harassment of Women at Workplace law is another example.