BULLIES

Power to question bullies

Gregory E. WoodsGUEST COLUMNIST

April 3, 2015


You have to question bullies. I am adamant about that. I saw how bullies were as a kid and as an adult I developed ways of dealing with bullies that vacillated between wisdom and brutality. The range between the two extremes are dependent upon the maturity of the other person. Bullies can be manipulated easily if you know what you are doing. They operate from a fear, or set of fears interwoven into bravado enabled by a group setting. There is something dense within all bullies that lends itself to humor. One can teach a victim how to deal with or eliminate a bully in front of a bully and the bully somehow misses the fact.

Nationally, bullying is the technique gay activists employ to get their agenda accepted as normal. It is fear-based, and mean to the point it inhibits love and acceptance in a natural way crouching millions into huddles afraid to voice opinions, or emotions outside of the prescribed script.

The question posed by an old celebrity from the original Star Trek series recently upset that Indiana’s governor signed the Religious Freedom Restoration Act into law devalues religious freedom. He wanted people to not do business with the state of Indiana until the gay community got its way. Would I join such a movement?

No. Would I join a movement to shut a whole state down because one group didn’t get their way in a political process? No, not when religious freedom is shunted to the side. The ripple effect would cripple millions of lives and destroy families, dreams and hopes of tomorrow.


‘Myopic view’

The myopic view and focus of the subject is a tell-tell sign of something deeply engraved in Western ideology. I am speaking from a long memory as an Indian. I hear my ancestors and remember the depth and complexity of the way the ‘Americans’ impeded the creative flow of life for us. This myopic approach has undermined our ways of life cleverly for the length of five centuries.
The subject of homosexuality from Europe and its influence over American subjects isn’t respected enough to become part of dialogues to help people’s understanding Western homosexuality.

Currently, logic and law are spearheading the movement. Bullying is the tactic that makes people afraid for their jobs and reputation and forces compliance. There are questions that are shot down in every public discussion of the subject. It is a fear based approach few have the courage to challenge because they have to keep their jobs and appear enlightened.

Is it the truth? Is it fair to all concerned? Will it build goodwill and better friendships? Will it be beneficial to all concerned? These are questions to hold and trust that they will lead to better understanding in a balanced way instead of bullying people into a posture.


Gregory E. Woods, Keeper of Stories, is Native American and African. He works as a community activist and as a ceremonial leader in the Washington, D.C. area facilitating in the reconciliation processes between races. He can be reached at crowcreekndn@yahoo.com


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