Ilka 🌐@faab64 that is how many USamericans are raised. If a bully at school tortures kids nothing happens. If a tortured kid stands up against the bully, they are punished.
Superstars of the ApocalypseI know this firsthand.
It's actually one of the reasons I have held a lifelong hatred for sportsball. Jocks can bully and rape with impunity because their value as sportsball players is deemed more important than the pain of their victims.
I used to fuck those bastards up in response to their bullying and violence and got suspended every time while absolutely nothing happened to them at all
They never bothered me again, but I had to teach more than one that lesson
@CosmickTrigger I am sorry you lived though this. And I am happy you stood up anyways. I never understood why this is happening, & supported by teachers & deans, but now it "makes sense" even if it does not make sense at all. (Thank you.) I experienced sports being the center of everything as well and once had to defend a kid against teachers and parents when it should have been protected by them - if I had known the psychology of it back then, it might have made things easier. @faab64
While I would never ban sports outright - people should be allowed to enjoy things - I think it should be removed from schools and colleges and relegated to hobbyists who pay to maintain their own football fields so they can sustain head injuries, permanent brain damage, and broken necks on their own fucking time.
There are plenty of public baseball and basketball fields already, too.
Capitalism being involved in sports has made it Bread and Circuses-type shit
