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No that really doesn’t hold up. You do not have to be able to win the fight. You simply have to demonstrate that you’re willing to resist. Bullies, thugs, priso
by oneoff786 4y ago
No that really doesn’t hold up. You do not have to be able to win the fight. You simply have to demonstrate that you’re willing to resist. Bullies, thugs, prison gangs, etc. will almost always leave you alone if they think you’re going to retaliate. That doesn’t mean you’re making an enemy of them of course.
- RegnisGnaw 4y agoYour logic assumes that you are relatively equal in power. Not so when you are facing 4 of them.
- oneoff786 4y agoNo, it doesn’t. If 4 people are attacking you, cowering and taking the beating all but ensures you will get beat up again in the future. You will lose either way.
- matheusmoreira 4y agoFighting back doesn't change the outcome either unless you win.
- oneoff786 4y agoYes it does. Because if you take a swing at someone, they’re going to prefer going for the guy who doesn’t fight back next time
- matheusmoreira 4y agoOr they kick your ass extra hard for having the audacity to even think you could beat them and proceed to humiliate you twice as hard next time just to teach you your place. I think you underestimate how self-centered these people can be.
- matheusmoreira 4y ago> Bullies, thugs, prison gangs, etc. will almost always leave you alone if they think you’re going to retaliate. You're putting people in actual danger with this advice. There's any number of things people can do in response to your threat display. You're telling people the aggressor will always fold. They might call your bluff instead. Can you actually retaliate? Because eventually someone is gonna wonder if you're for real and you're gonna need to make good on that threat. If there's even the slightest doubt in your mind about it, you can't.