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Men over 30, have you ever been in a legit confrontation with a stranger? (dormi.zone)

submitted 4 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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Have you had a confrontation with a stranger before in person? Whether it was a argument, fight, scream match, etc? Do you regret it? What happened?

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[–] [email protected] 11 points 4 months ago (1 children)

Since the age of 30? Only when on demos/direct actions - or when patrolling the nature reserves where I have worked. In those cases, since I have had NVDA and de-escalation training etc, I have pretty much relied on that: so remain passive, smile, speak, find common ground, use the drama triangle and all the rest.

To be honest, even before the age of 30 (as an adult), as far as I can remember my only real confrontations as such have been in the same or similar situations.

Obviously, I have ended up being dragged off and arrested a few times at the direct actions, and have been hit a couple of times and also deliberately run down by an offroad motorbike on a reserve. On that occasion, I didn't get much opportunity to 'confront' the guy, really though, beyond diverting his attention from my volunteers.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 4 months ago

Man, if you aren't getting arrested at a protest, it isn't a truly effective protest :)