Imma let you finish

Watching the infamous "Listen" video:
The equivalent of live tweeting it as I watch:
It brings up the thought that being part of a crowd, inwardly you may disagree with whats going on, but externally you still clap hands and whoop because of the need to fit in.

Its actually quite disappointing nobody stood up and disagreed at that point. I'm not saying I definitely would have but I'd like to think that I wouldn't be clapping ignorantly just because someone is saying something in a preacher choir voice, alternating between high and low using that psychological effect to sway a crowd and to induce support by the slow rise and emphasis on the final words.

The need to fit in is a evolutionary tool. This was covered in Cracked at some point and I'm paraphrasing here. Its safer for us to be part of a group, especially when it came to survival. Going at it alone back then was a surefire way to guarantee your extinction, so we're very geared towards non-dissension for the sake of our survival. Unless you had the smarts, skills and ambition to lead your own group, its unlikely for you to break from the herd.

Bullying culture, the inability to admit wrong, Sharifah you are getting on my nerves.

Bawani may have had some points but she just took too long to get around to them. Too emotional sounding from the tones of her speech. They weren't fighting words, but they were in a tone that suggested she was demanding answers instead of asking them for answers.
Its a better strategy to ask the difficult questions that have no good answers besides "we are a corrupt bunch of bastards who don't deserve to utilize public funds." or "actually, we've never thought of that."
The name of the game is to shame and if they're not corrupt, to make them think, "yeah, why didn't we think of that. maybe we should look more into it."

Listening to Sharifah speak is like listening to Dwayne Johnson in The Rock persona. Talking a bunch of nonsense unrelated to the point, strutting around, waving arms but without that "cool" factor, the people's eyebrow and the track pants.

As a society are we really electing our leaders on their ability to speak in alternating tones?
Are we so weak minded and lazy we've forgotten about content and context?

Ok at some point somebody, anybody should have just left because that was disgusting and wrong. Fuck me. A mass walkout wouldn't have been surprising. WHO THE FUCK IS THAT WOMAN AND WHY THE FUCK IS SHE BEING ALLOWED TO SPEAK?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!
AND SHE'S A FUCKING LEADER?!!?!?!?!?  OF A WOMAN'S SOCIETY!
who should at least be aware that the fight for female rights was due to the fact that the women dissented against the traditional norms. They questioned "why should things stay the way they are?".
Appalling attitude. Woman, you have no respect and to quote a friend, "I would never hit a woman", but if somebody did it, I'd understand (Chris Rock reference).

Age is not an guarantee of wisdom. Wisdom is an indication of wisdom.

Respect. You want to talk about respect?

Kanye was honestly a whole lot better than this.