100 Percent Fed Up By Joshua C.
This is one of those GREAT stories that just NEEDS to be shared!
We’ve all seen the stories and the John Stossel ABC television stories back in the day showing the surprising effect of “group think”.
Invariably, the test subject is surrounded by a group of people (paid actors) who have instructions not to respond to whatever bad thing is about to unfold.
The man takes the candy from the child… the husband starts getting rough with his wife in public… somebody kicks an animal — you get the picture.
The setup is always the same: will the person who doesn’t know it’s not real… step up and intervene?
Will they say anything, and speak up for the one being abused?
They almost never do, because according to the “group think” thesis, almost everyone is waiting to see what EVERYONE ELSE will do, first.
No one wants to act “too soon”, or (God forbid) commit the heinous crime of overreacting. So, what happens?
Almost no one ever does anything about anything.
ALMOST no one, and ALMOST never… that is. Because that’s not what happened in this instance.
This time the good guys came out of the woodwork — and they were EVERYWHERE!
You might say that it’s a little much to call these folks ‘heroes’ just for doing what everyone OUGHT to do, finding themselves presented with the same situation.
But in today’s culture, if you have the guts and backbone to step up knowing full well almost no one ever does… (and you’re likely to get SUED if you’re judged to have overreacted)…
I’m calling that heroic. And I bet this mother trying to protect her 2 small kids would call them that, too…
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