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(58,634 posts)uponit7771
(90,335 posts)... with one of the lowest access to voting in the union and one of the reasons why their leadership goes around bragging about taking away voting resources on video.
Ford_Prefect
(7,876 posts)Sometimes the worst abusers are those so far into denial that they must punish others to express their own sense of damage.
calimary
(81,197 posts)Sometimes, as has been observed and documented by MUCH greater and more relevantly-experienced minds than yours truly's, the motivation and the psychology behind it is apparent. Frankly, to me, this shouts overcompensating - for something. And we've all seen, heard, and read many accounts of the kind of action you describe - playing out in real life.
"Sometimes the worst abusers are those so far into denial that they must punish others to express their own sense of damage."
The famed entertainer Art Linkletter once hosted a popular daytime TV show called "People are Funny." Well, thats' certainly true. They are. But "funny" sometimes has a negative connotation - and well-deserved.