Psychology of bashing
I do not have any formal training on psychology. But I have a habit of thinking about subjects and trying to figure out what the root cause is.
Here is my analysis of bashing, insulting and being disrespectful by some members in this forum.
I think the root is in two areas of human psychology:
1 - Reactive mind
2 - Shadow psychology
Reactive mind is part of mind that combined with analytical mind forms our responses. Analytical mind uses logic to evaluates circumstances. Reactive mind uses various elements of a circumstance regardless of their logical relations and forms a response. Animals only have reactive minds but human have both. An example of reactive mind is Pavlov's Dog. He fed the dogs while striking a bell. Later when he stroke the bell, saliva started to pour even though there was no food. To reactive mind the bell and the food are the same thing.
Shadow psychology is the dark side and less-spoken psychology of human, deeply rooted in subconscious. It has been inherited from our animal ancestors but it is suppressed in early childhood.
In extreme cases this psychology is responsible for some human treating others in horrible way and enjoy it. It surfaces when the limits are moved and there is no consequence. Some dictators are example of this psychology. Prison guards who torture their victims are other examples. In Abu Gharib prison, perfectly civilized people turned into monsters and even took pictures to be able to enjoy the memory.
My thought is that probably the bashers are victims of some sort of scam at some point. They have been hurt badly and have a severe scar. Their reactive minds takes over and their analytical mind is shut off when they hear "Signals". But they still would not talk to their neighbors or coworkers like they talk here, even if they blame them for something.
Here the shadow psychology kicks in. There is very little limitation and pretty much no consequences here in ET. So the deeply rooted and suppresses subconscious wakes up. Vicious, insulting, accusing, ridiculing and of course no logic.