How to deal with MENA immigrants?

[Breakingthewall]

Just now, PurpleTree said:

Well you already can’t really choose to be afraid or not afraid can you? Or do you think depressed people can also choose to have more fun neuro transmitters?

Yes you can , it's a matter of attitude. You decide don't being intimidated never, then when that situation happens you resist, after some times you have create an mental energetic structure quite strong. Everyone feels the fear, but if you really decide be stronger than the fear you can stand a lot, even in torture and extreme situations 

[Jacob Morres]

26 minutes ago, PurpleTree said:

Or do you also think women who get raped, femicided had it coming? Jews who got stuck into ovens had the wrong energy? People who get treated racist behaved wrong? 

Hm not catching the logic.

I was exploring a possibility, sometimes unconscious biases come into play. Doesnt have to be true though but I suspect it's the case 

[PurpleTree]

7 minutes ago, Jacob Morres said:

Hm not catching the logic.

I was exploring a possibility, sometimes unconscious biases come into play. Doesnt have to be true though but I suspect it's the case 

I’m just saying if someone is aggressive/wrong/violent etc. it’s  not cool to blame the (their) victim 

[Jacob Morres]

@PurpleTree

 I did account for being wrong in my comment

 

[Breakingthewall]

6 hours ago, PurpleTree said:

I’m just saying if someone is aggressive/wrong/violent etc. it’s  not cool to blame the (their) victim 

Obviously. The thing is that those behaviors exist , and for me it is important to understand the dynamics of aggression and defense. The normal thing is when you feel aggression to respond with more aggression or by becoming cowardly. One is to counteract that aggressive energy with your aggressive energy, forward, and the other is to give in to that aggressive energy, your energy goes backwards. These are natural, immediate reactions. Normally, any person has ever reacted by becoming cowardly, going backwards, after which they have perceived a decrease in their security and self-esteem. Then they decide unconsciously or consciously that they will never allow this to happen again and they mentally prepare to respond to the aggression with more aggression. It is more effective than the cowardly option but it implies loss of control and is dangerous. Most people who develop impulsiveness do so in response to fear.

It is important to understand these internal processes in order to reach equanimity. Practicing real combat sports is quite useful to observe your reflex reactions and try to balance them, same to get involved in real situations. After each event, the focused mind analyzes the process and reprograms itself. The objective is balance in situations of imbalance.

[zazen]

Canada and Scandi culture is way more passive than Americans who have a more stand your ground type of mentality and stand up to shitty behaviour - they also have guns. That deters aggression a lot better. Another factor is American culture is better at assimilation. The rate of immigration matters too - rapid increases in shorter time frames means less time to assimilate whereas America has been a melting pot for much longer.

Theres something about America - I think the distinctness of its identity - which makes many identify first as American, then as their origin nationality. It’s more common to hear American Asians say their American with Asian origins, whereas in Europe they usually say their Asian but obviously born/raised in Europe.

Americans find it more peculiar when asked where they’re from, but like really from as in originally. Not sure if anyone else noticed that?

This guy just uploaded some clips with Taliban apparently, when you see them interact thy seem like chill dudes.

They use twitter / X , amusing or interesting..

Edited Thursday at 10:12 AM by zazen

[Basman]

Unironically a good guide for surviving a SD Stage Red environment.

If someone is being aggressive with you, something has already gone wrong for you to get in that situation. Since I was teen i subconsciously taught myself to navigate my environment to avoid potential danger despite living in a safe environment.  Which I feel has helped kept me safe when I did happen to be in less safe feeling spaces. Its a lot about awareness and not drawing attention to you by looking at people and walking like you are meant to be somewhere.

Edited Thursday at 03:40 PM by Basman