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Shi Yongxin, Buddhism, and the Tall Poppy Syndrome.

Health is the greatest gift, contentment the greatest wealth, faithfulness the best relationship. Gautama Buddha Shi Yongxin, Buddhism, and the Tall Poppy Syndrome0:00/780.3994561× This post continues the theme from our previous blog, The Seven Deadly Sins, Christianity, and the Tall Poppy Syndrome. I believe the 7DS are

Shi Yongxin, Buddhism, and the Tall Poppy Syndrome.
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Erza Gin, Religion, and the Tall Poppy Syndrome.

As they were stoning Stephen, he called out, "Lord Jesus, receive my spirit." And falling to his knees, he cried out with a loud voice, "Lord, do not hold this sin against them." And when he had said this, he fell asleep. Acts 7:59-60 When

Erza Gin, Religion, and the Tall Poppy Syndrome.
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Charlie Kirk, Cancel Culture, and the Tall Poppy Syndrome.

We have been indoctrinated to see the world through a politically correct lens. Charlie Kirk Charlie Kirk, Political Correctness, and the Tall Poppy Syndrome0:00/681.018051× Ancient Greek historian Herodotus and Roman historian Livy initially described TPS as politicians or those in power cutting down opposition to maintain their

Charlie Kirk, Cancel Culture, and the Tall Poppy Syndrome.
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Socialism and the Tall Poppy Syndrome

"What is driving the Scythe? Your Envy, Their Pride!" Doug Garland Socialism and the Tall Poppy Syndrome0:00/963.2101591× From Harold Evans's The American Century: Between 1900 and 1910, 9 million people came from abroad, just about the entire population of the country in 1820,

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An Unapologetically True Tall Poppy

A creative man is motivated by the desire to achieve, not by the desire to beat others. ~ Ayn Rand An Unapologetically True Tall Poppy - Steve Jobs0:00/269.41× In the foreword to Becoming Steve Jobs, Marc Andreessen discusses TPS and positions Steve Jobs as the anti-TPS archetype as

An Unapologetically True Tall Poppy
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Hypocrisy, Harvard, Francesca Gino, and the Tall Poppy Syndrome.

Do as I say, not as I do. ~ John Seldon Harvards Hypocrisy and the Fall of Francesca Gino - TallPoppySyndrome.org0:00/840.81× Pride, greed, and lust form an unhappy triad of emotions found in the TP, which justifies their fall from grace (see Anatomy of the TALL POPPY

Hypocrisy, Harvard, Francesca Gino, and the Tall Poppy Syndrome.
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Self-righteousness, Karens, and the Tall Poppy Syndrome.

To some who were confident of their own righteousness and looked down on everyone else, Jesus told this parable: “Two men went up to the temple to pray, one a Pharisee and the other a tax collector. The Pharisee stood by himself and prayed: ‘God, I thank you that I

Self-righteousness, Karens, and the Tall Poppy Syndrome.
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Hamdan Ballal, Fear, and the Tall Poppy Syndrome.

Yea, though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, I will fear no evil: for thou art with me; thy rod and thy staff they comfort me. Psalm 23:4.  Fear and the Tall Poppy Syndrome0:00/688.8481× The Seven Deadly Sins (SDS) are often found

Hamdan Ballal, Fear, and the Tall Poppy Syndrome.
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Jesus Is Twice a Victim of the Tall Poppy Syndrome.

And they took offense at him. But Jesus said to them, “A prophet is not without honor except in his hometown and in his own household.” Matthew 13:57 (This is a timely repost of a previously popular blog with an updated audio.) Jesus: A Twice Victim of the Tall

Jesus Is Twice a Victim of the Tall Poppy Syndrome.
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Dr. Stanley Goldfarb, DEI, and the Tall Poppy Syndrome. ⚔️

If you do not drive out the inhabitants of the land from before you, then those of them whom you let remain shall be as barbs in your eyes and thorns in your sides, and they shall trouble you in the land where you dwell. Numbers 33:55 Dr. Stanley

Dr. Stanley Goldfarb, DEI, and the Tall Poppy Syndrome. ⚔️