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G-Pop watched the news with great interest.
One political candidate accused another candidate of not being attractive, and therefore, unable to get votes.
It made G-Pop wonder if his children knew how to handle a bully. There has been a great confluence of opinions on the subject of “bullying,” which boil down to three assertions:
A. Bullying is bad
B. Kids need to know how to speak up for themselves
C. Bullies make victims
What if all of these assertions are wrong?
Because when we have grown people who are supposed to be our leaders, who are still resorting to bullying, attempting to victimize others, we can’t isolate the problem as an adolescent situation.
Bullies don’t go away just because they have more birthdays.
So G-Pop wanted to explain to his children exactly how this situation works. For after all, everyone gets bullied. There are even “bulliers” who bully the bullies.
It begins with an action, an accusation or an insult. Here’s what G-Pop thinks you should do:
1. After the insult, you have the stage.
People will turn to see how you’re going to react to this indignity. The spotlight is on you. What you do next will determine whether the public views the bully as the victor or realizes that you have handled yourself with great power and have overcome the onslaught.
Obviously, with the amount of bullying that goes on in America, most of our countrymen think the bully has the advantage.
After the bullying is presented, you have the stage. Everyone is awaiting your response.
2. It is a principle in wrestling that the best way to defeat your opponent is to use his weight against him.
That’s right. When your adversary is in the attack position, he becomes off-balance. He is lunging and his weight is on the front of his feet. He does not have equilibrium anymore unless you catch him, hold him up and begin to fight.
If you move out of the way, pushing your attacker to the side, he will likely fall down.
When Donald Trump suggested that Carly Fiorina was not attractive enough to be President, he thrust forward, placing himself in a position to be thrown to the ground by someone who would use the wieght of his stupid comment against him.
So what should she have said back to his insult? How about this?
“Well, I understand that Mr. Trump is accustomed to judging beauty contests, but since being President doesn’t come with any crown–even a tiara–I’m not terribly concerned about how he views my comeliness.”
She would not only have been applauded for her calm and intelligent answer, but would have used the absurdity of his attack against him.
3. Breathe and control the subject.
Once people have decided how they want to bully you, they play out their hand. If you can dodge the force of their ambush, you then are granted, by the surrounding listeners, permission to change the subject and turn things in a different direction.
So how does this apply on the playground with children?
G-Pop thinks the best way to overcome bullying is to stay in teams. Bullies don’t like to attack more than one person at a time.
Then, when the bully attacks, use the force of his attack against him, with comrades standing nearby to support.
Then breathe and go find help by changing the subject to solution instead of conflict.
G-Pop knows that some people are not satisfied with mere resolution, but instead, would love to heap revenge. Honestly, life takes care of that also.
If you take the stage and use the bully’s weight against him and control the subject, you will embarrass your attacker, giving permission to the masses around you to mop up the mess.
Yes, people will aid you and take care of the bully if you have the intelligence to know what to do when he or she comes.
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