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riderinthestorm

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

Reply to coalition_unwilling (Original post)

Sat May 12, 2012, 12:49 AM

May 2012

I'm thinking people believed they would be ostracized from that group if they tried to stop or interfere with the mayhem. When a teen ties so much of their value to their clique, it would be almost impossible to detach oneself from it even to stop the cruelty. They'd become an instant target themselves and since they were once "insiders", they'd especially know how cruel the punishment could be.

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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