The problem of intolerance in the rainbow family

Clucking like cockrals and strutting their stuff - I know it happens in every
'community'
I find the best solution with some people is to just ignore them, they soon calm down when they have no one to battle with, but yes I agree some people are just too much and its hard to tolerate when your at a gathering of any kind- I have had to ask people not to attend things, but that was not a rainbow. Rainbow even the arseholes are welcomed home!

 

I feel you can suggest what and what not to bring, but really no one has the right to tell you, not at a rainbow gathering-
the idea is not to live in a lesser reality but to create your own when people see this being done they have a example on how to conduct themselves around others, we forget some people have had very little guidelines or dreadful teachings in their lives. All we can do if lead by example and hope the rest fall into place and pick up the rainbow principles along the way.
If someone is behaving badly around children, animals or other human beings then if it bothers you that much you can only stand up to them and offer an alternative way to behave that brings peace to the camp. People dont have to put up and shut up, but if they dont offer positive feedback then you end up in a head to head collision that isnt benefiting anyone!

 

Yes, that is so true. Loving you!

 

mmm.. what i had in mind is frantic chicken reaction .

someone sees a piznous snake . squawkiness erupts .
what's to do ? it could be killed ? or maybe it gets wound
up like spaghetti on a stick and throwed across the river .
if someone had a pig on a string , well , pigs hate snakes
very personally and that'd also be the end of it accompanied
by
more yelling random chickens .

now i gotta say , snake is my totem . spirit hasn't ever called me
to help such a gathering in de woods scenerio , so i can only imagine that i'd tell those chickens to go to bed and when no one be watching then no one know what i do with that snake .

peace in the woods
sing , carry water

 

Come on man. Since when was anyone perfect? Ok, people are people no matter where you go. Everyone has their quirks. Everyone has a skeleton in their closet. No one is perfect, not even Rainbow Family.

But where did the love and acceptance of everyone no matter their differences, no matter their impairments, no matter their race color or creed, no matter their perfections or lack thereof, go?

If you don't like the intolerance, then look at yourself. How intolerant are you?

 

What did they specifically say or do to mock the native north american indians?

 

That blows me away! Intolerance over a cup of coffee and other drugs. That is not my experience of rainbow gatherings. In fact: I have seen precicely opposite. While I have not seen the intolerance you speak of, I have seen so many people near the front gate/bus village staggering around drunk and dare I say intimidating to all passersby. I can't say which is worse.

 

Somebody said something to the effect of (paraphrase) 'What is worse:
(1) Being with people who have no tolerance of being around drugs...or...(2) being with people on drugs that they do not tolerate?'

The correct answer is...it does not matter. Drugs are drugs and people are people. Kind of like virtues and vices....one can not exist without the other, at least at a gathering.
Enjoy the show the most by not hiding behind your doubts. Sure, its hard to trust folk at times....but beautiful when you ALLWAYS maintain faith in yourself.
Thanks for letting me share....I am sure I am missing something and mean no 'stick poking or eye rolling'. I love the love

 

.. yet the sharing of unique perspectives continues!

1) who, in their right mind, would kick a female out who was blind and dependent on a dog? Yes, the french can be intollerant, it's part of the culture, however.... it brings up #2

2) Who, would leave, upon seeing that happen and not do something about it?

we've forgotten all about private law. That's how to get things done in the private. The basis of which is trust.

I'm sure the blinded female with the dog trusted she'd be able to be there, as she received no prior warning (I assume..) that she couldn't. Now every single one of the people who decided to kick her out is in breach of that trust. I assume the 'decision' was by so-called 'consensus', which really ends up being a lowest-common-denominator decision making, despite it's noble intentions. It's definitely not the best way to self-govern despite it's widespread use which imitates the failed communist system more than any other method.

It's a very common 'decision making' tool on europe, by house projects, communist-leaning groups (there are many), etc, and ultimately brings the project down by pushing many creative people out. As it ends up, the one immature member of the consensus who can't stand a dog -for any reason- (unless it was theirs... ) issues a diktat, to the group, moulding people who do not know how to express their sense that such a decision is not equitable, to comply.

 

Instead of complaining about how there is so much intolerance in the Family, why don't we set that aside and make ourselves more tolerant instead? We can't claim to be tolerant unless we can show it. We show it by acting it. So in my opinion it's "put up or shut up". Either we change OURSELVES for the better of the group or we best STFU about the same intolerance we then allow to continue.

Watcha think?