Originally Posted by goonbaby
WHAT !?!
I think the most disappointing thing about comments like that, Modesto, is that they come from an otherwise likable and thoughtful character.
People who get lied to become liars. It’s true! When you grow up hearing that conservatives are a bunch of heartless bastards from your parents or school teachers or the talking heads on TV…you actually cope by swallowing the poison. Sooner or later your writing a post in a PE forum and the blind ignorance you have associated with comes belching out of your own mouth - completely unrelated and unprovoked by anything you might be responding to.
Besides, I’ll bet you $100 the guy that runs the Penissizedebate website is a democrat. ;)
Thanks for not letting this one get past you :) . In truth, the guy who first explained the idea of “identfication with the aggressor” to me used the example of African Americans joining the Republican Party to explain the principle.
The logic goes like this: The Republican Party is largely stocked with rich, white guys, many of whom come from former slave states. They may not be specifically racist (although many of them are), but the effects of their policies tend to favor rich, white guys at the expense of poor Blacks. Consider the initiative to abolish the estate tax while at the same time opposing a minimum wage increase.
Don’t get me wrong. The Republicans have the right to want what they want. But what they want does not generally operate to the advantage of Blacks. Now, given that, why would it be that a Black person, once he climbs up the social ladder with the aid of Democrat-initiated government programs, affirmative action, and so forth, suddenly decide to oppose the very programs and policies that enabled his success? Because he doesn’t want to think of himself as needing help. He wants to think of himself as strong and even privileged. He identifies with the rich, privileged class to escape from the feelings of frustration and vulnerabiilty of the underclass. He becomes the aggressor, in this context, to escape from the feelings of being oppressed.
The PSD guy is doing something similar. He feels oppressed and humiliated over his dick. The way he copes with his feelings of oppression and humiliation is to become the humiliator. Instead of resisting the porn industry funded initiative that “bigger is better,” he buys into it. Even though he is not himself big, he becomes a member of the “big team,” and thereby feels somewhat relieved of his humiliation.
Now, I think the PSD guy is also responding to the “misery loves company” principle. He feels miserable over his dick and wants everybody else to feel that way, too. There’s safety in numbers, and, if we can all be miserable together (or, at least 99% of us), maybe we can all just relax.