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ScreamingMeemie

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14. Prep school mentality.

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Sat May 12, 2012, 12:25 AM

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Why did no one try to stop Romney's attack on Lauber? [View all] coalition_unwilling May 2012 OP

I guess for the same reason that they didn't stop the one that I have enclosed here. teddy51 May 2012 #1

Because his father was important Politicalboi May 2012 #2

Granted, Romney's father was important. But did that automatically earn coalition_unwilling May 2012 #4

Top dog, maybe not, but was it a factor? HereSince1628 May 2012 #6

I'm an amateur armchair psychologist and wonder whether coalition_unwilling May 2012 #8

I'm an armchair anthropologist...as primates human male subadults HereSince1628 May 2012 #22

That is positively fascinating also and ties in quite coalition_unwilling May 2012 #23

"displaced agression"?? handmade34 May 2012 #3

Wow, that is fascinating stuff. Basically, because Lauber's hair and coalition_unwilling May 2012 #5

Probably nothing that specific. aquart May 2012 #7

Because they knew they'd be the next target if they did. DevonRex May 2012 #9

OT, but you had the absolutely best, most chilling description coalition_unwilling May 2012 #10

Oh, wow. Thank you. DevonRex May 2012 #12

It sounded like you were describing Hannibal Lecter. It is coalition_unwilling May 2012 #20

Group dynamic, and humans are herd animals nadinbrzezinski May 2012 #11

He was the govs son and the school bully larkrake May 2012 #13

Prep school mentality. ScreamingMeemie May 2012 #14

Probably because, deep down inside, everyone there felt he was justified jmowreader May 2012 #15

I presume rMoney's group was the alpha pack - so objecting to bullying would eject one from the pack riderinthestorm May 2012 #16

Why would he/she/they? flvegan May 2012 #17

Romney got away with it because of the cult of the Alpha Male - the REAL face of the Patriarchy. Zalatix May 2012 #18

I think most of us have stood aside while we witnessed some terrible violence RZM May 2012 #19

Even though I was a victim of bullying as a child in grade- and junior-high school, I coalition_unwilling May 2012 #21

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