Ultimating_is_fun t1_iu5gd5p wrote on October 28, 2022 at 6:09 PM

Reply to comment by realityhofosho in what to do when witnessing a person threatening people on the train by am_pomegranate

>collaboration our greatest collective weapon

I believe an actual weapon is stronger, so Ima continue to just chill. I won't step in unless the dickhead starts getting physically aggressive.

realityhofosho t1_iu6cn7h wrote on October 28, 2022 at 9:54 PM

And that’s exactly what we’ve been trained to believe. “Do what the man with the gun says.” But research now says differently. Group-think (or even a bunch of kids armed with staplers and hole-punchers to throw at an assailant, can be just as powerful a deterrent to a shooting (or any other kind) of abuse or violence.