Intimidation, Insecurity, and Envy
Posted on Sunday 6 November 2016
INTIMIDATION, INSECURITY, AND ENVY
By Apolinario Villalobos
Life could be complicated for those who
just want to live simply and work hard and honestly, because of people around
them, who, they unknowingly intimidate, hence, become incredibly insecure and
finally become unbelievably envious. Many people would just be surprised why
all of a sudden they have “enemies”.
This is an ordinary occurrence in job sites where the honest and sincere
performance of an employee can intimidate his lethargic colleagues.
Bloggers, too, are not safe from the
envious viewers whose bloated ego made them believe that they are the best and
cannot take the success of low-profile, though, serious internet users who just
want to share their ideas with others. They are the bashers and the trolls who
make fun of the well-intent bloggers. These bad guys enjoy in spoiling the day
of unsuspecting bloggers with their uncalled for comments which, as viewed from
all angles are not related to the blogged issue. These spoilers do not even
know the bloggers personally and worse, the former may not even be capable of
articulating extensively what they have in mind, otherwise, they should not be
commenting only, or copy/paste materials taken from other sites, and which they
tag with either favorable or unsavory remarks, then post on their facebook.
The cradle of learning, the school, is not
spared by this “phenomenon”. Many stories have surfaced in the internet about
bullying which is a clear indication of insecurity masked by “superiority complex”
on the part of the perpetrator. Victims are students with strong personality
due to their intelligence or good looks.
The family is not spared by insecurity felt
among siblings. And, most often, the parents are to be blamed due to their
favoritism that makes the non-favorites among the brood, feel unloved.
Rebellious manifestations in the acts of the “neglected” siblings follow.
Ironically, parents wonder why they have a “black sheep” in the family.
Finally, many hardworking and serious
employees resign from their job because their commendable performance has
intimidated envious colleagues who resorted to doing all possible to pull them
down. Specifically, on the national level of politics, many envious and
ambitious officials have been intimidated
by Rodrigo Duterte. As he is not corrupt, they could not put him down using
this issue, so they focused on his personality – brash, cussing probinsiyano,
not-good looking, etc. But there is an adage that says, “you cannot put a good
man, down”. It is happening to Duterte, and I personally hope, that his
persistence to do good can see him through his six-year term…as long as he does
not listen to the whispers of what he says is from “God” that tells him to stop
his cussing….(joke only!)
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