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undergroundpanther Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Dec-04-04 02:28 AM
Response to Reply #111
113. OK what If
I hauled off clobbered you now? If it was possible? Ask yourself what would your reaction to this be? Would you be calling the cops,trying to hit me back? Would you feel violated or angry?

Look,Asking silly questions like why is it not OK to hit people to dominate them really speaks to a deficiency in your character, a serious lack of empathy, and a blindness about a serious wrong with humankind that fosters and makes worse everything bad in us.

Dominating other people who are weaker or confined or unable to say no,hitting them to make them obey out of fear is bullying and it is WRONG.I have NEVER met no person yet who likes to be bullied and have their consent disrespected , their human dignity,bodily integrity, and autonomy violated,

The only exception is people with Stockholm syndrome,or if they have begun to internalize the kind of hatred and sickness an abuser has done or said to them before as' the truth'.

So if you don't like receiving abuse,the smart thing to do is don't dish it out,because eventually someone you hit will not be tolerant of your abusiveness twords them. Might does not make right,even if people you bully are scared of you and it looks to you like you won..Remember you never win by domination.So if you try to win by suppressing others ,hitting them, manipulating and dehumanizing them it backfires.Hitting another person is weakness in the hitter.
Abuse is a failure of character, a failure to connect with your own human dignity,creativity and maturity.It is a failure to prove to others you can be trusted to handle yourself well enough to conduct yourself in a way that is positive in a community of equals.

If you think hitting others is OK,than maybe you need to put your ego aside,think about how it feels to be hit and get some empathy for yourself and other people,and be honest about how it feels.
If you can't at least be honest,
I have to wonder what in the hell is wrong with your empathy and emotions?
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