Is it a sign of how evil the world is when being kind is seen as weakness?

[AnusNdaPainus]

It takes guts to be kind

especially to those who don’t deserve it

[normalice]

No, it is a sign of how evil the owners of the media are. It is the media that has normalized bullying and made it acceptable to walk around mad or terrified. Bill O'Reily, for example. His whole shtick was to wear a suit and act like a child mid tantrum. This went on for years and it showed people they could also be mean and angry adults without facing any consequences as long as some critical mass joins in.

I remember in high school there was a certian shame in the air that seemed like it would fall on me if I let anyone know I was a Christian. Even though probably everyone else there had parents that were Christians and probably the majority of other high school students would go on to also be Christians, there was something out of place and "uncool" about letting it be known in high school. It is exactly the same as being in the adult world and letting anyone know that I'm a democrat. It's "uncool" to be a democrat around here. It's "cool" to "joke" that Jewish space lasers will stop climate change or whatever but it is "uncool" to say that climate change is a real problem in need of realistic solutions. It's "cool" to "joke" that covid masks are literally slavery and vaccines make you infertile, but it is "uncool" to suggest that covid is a real problem in need of realistic solutions. It's "cool" to "joke" that Biden is secretly a trillionaire who spent his entire career scamming black people into being a permanent underclass by keeping them dependent on the government but it is "uncool" to say that economic inequality is a real problem in need of realistic solutions. It's "cool" to "joke" about pushing refugees into rivers full of alligators and razor wire but it's "uncool" to suggest our border has real problems in need of realistic solutions.

And so on.

It's not that it's the topic that is "uncool" and its not that it is politics that makes it "uncool." They are allowed to bring up the topic. They are allowed to bring up politics in general. It is specifically that i adhere to the observations that fly in the face of the goals of those who own the media. That's what makes it "uncool." And the media has made it acceptabe to be openly hostile to anyone who suggest our real problems could be addressed with unsatisfying and slow but realistic solutions, because if those problems went away the people who own the media would have more trouble finding narratives to that attract eyeballs. Plus, and this is the big one, steps one of those realistic solutions usually involves taxing the class that owns the media. Keeping us angry at each other is how they avoid being taxed. That's all this is. But the angry people aren't the evil ones - they be are being tricked by the evil people.

[AnusNdaPainus]

I’m not very big on politics but I can confirm that shaming Christians part kids used pick on me for praying over my lunch and saying things like bless you or reading my Bible in study hall

[havingfun2023]

*smiles* 🙂... That's why I try to smile (toothless) nowadays or look happy. Not overly, I don't wanna creep out folks. I just try to be less of a drama, than the previous "blank stare/frowning" person or customer. Get it? Lot of frowning people out there or even blank stare bears aka flat tone talkers who are voicing displeasure, by being flat toned and direct.
Those types of people, are what ruined service jobs for me, lol's and the other half was capitalism and it's mush mush mush work hard attitude. Sigh.
Anyways, I'll find better jobs in this evil world, no hope. With minimal interactions with other living things, other arguing living things lol 😆 😂

[jshm2]

No. Evil is evil.

Kindness to the wrong people IS weakness.

[AnusNdaPainus]

Miyamoto musashi says that strenght is soft and warm

Meaning the best way to defeat an enemy is by befriending them

It’s easy to pull a trigger but a truly strong person has no need for Weapons

Musashi believed in looking within oneself because there is nothing outside of yourself that can ever enable you to get better, stronger, richer, quicker, or smarter

[Anonymous]

Not if you read your Bible. None of this is a surprise. Man is evil by nature.

Romans 3:23 "all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God".

Ecclisiastes 1:9 "what has been will be again, what has been done will be done again; there is nothing new under the sun.

When you realize we don't change. Our technology and whatnot does. Then none of this surprises you.