The Bully Seeks People Who Allow Themselves to Be Bullied

Without education and action, we're not truth, nor true to ourselves

“Some bruises you wear like badges of honour: when you got it playing rugby, or quad racing, or falling off something while drunk, no opportunity is lost to show off a good contusion.
A bruise inflicted by someone else, however, is a whole other story: it's like a big flashing arrow marking you out as punchable, and before long there'll be boys queuing up to add bruises of their own, as if they'd just been waiting for somebody to show them it could be done." - Paul Murray (author of ‘The Mark and the Void’)

Does the spending of taxpayers’ money requires oversight? It may seem to be the dumbest question yet remains the most relevant.

In our beautiful, undeniably fucked up countries, citizens complain in crescendos of whispers. About burst pipes, broken roads, electricity prices, preventable petrol increases, preventable fluctuations of our currency, and so many other things. Yet the overwhelming majority do nothing to stop the rotten element in our Government that's making us bankrupt.

It's like they're yelling, “Don't leave me out, come rob my house. I'll give you a beer if you break into a sweat carrying my shit. Wow, check at those muscles. You must work out a lot.”

I'm not like that. I believe that corrupt bankers, CEOs and politicians should have their prison sentences doubled for breech of Public trust. I despise propagandists and the citizen convenience of accepting their lies. I do not accept that the wilful ignorance of my fellow humans is a get-out-of-jail-free card.

There are others like me, but far better than me, and you should look for them instead of praising bullies.

Don’t pick up beach litter for your Instagram post. Don’t paint your breasts and think yourself an activist for Ukraine.

Get educated before having an opinion. Then spring into action whether it be helping at a dog shelter or a soup kitchen, joining your local community forum, teaching your child to have an open mind, or spreading the truth about important topics such as war and debt. We can all do something to make our world prettier. Honesty is pretty too.

I recently posted the ‘Honest Media Guide’ - please explore. Find great minds and award-winning writers, some risking their livelihoods because they believe that sharing reality saves our lives.

When we empower ourselves, the grip of the bully loosens.

I’ll be back with healthier lungs and a proper article before you can build a house… well… much sooner than that.

Note: The image atop this page is a photo of a sculpture by Alfred Stevens called ‘Truth and Falsehood’ (credit Iza Bella). “In this work, Truth tears out the double tongue of Falsehood and pushes aside the mask concealing his grotesque features. His serpent-tails are exposed beneath the drapery.”