I have a different hypothesis for the “people aren’t like that!” response. It’s about signalling high status in order to be given high status. If I claim that “people aren’t bad where I come from”, it signals that I’m somehow not used to being treated badly, which is evidence that I’m not treated badly, which is evidence that mechanisms for preventing bad behavior are already in place.
This isn’t just a random idea, this is introspectively the reason that I keep insisting that people really aren’t bad. It’s a sermon. An invitation to good people and a threat to bad ones.
The one who gets bullied is the one that openly behaves like they’re already being bullied.
I have a different hypothesis for the “people aren’t like that!” response. It’s about signalling high status in order to be given high status. If I claim that “people aren’t bad where I come from”, it signals that I’m somehow not used to being treated badly, which is evidence that I’m not treated badly, which is evidence that mechanisms for preventing bad behavior are already in place.
This isn’t just a random idea, this is introspectively the reason that I keep insisting that people really aren’t bad. It’s a sermon. An invitation to good people and a threat to bad ones.
The one who gets bullied is the one that openly behaves like they’re already being bullied.