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Tall Poppy Syndrome

The definitive site for all things related to the Tall Poppy Syndrome. This site is a companion to the book of the same title (The Tall Poppy Syndrome: The Joy of Cutting Others Down) available wherever you buy books (ISBN 978-1629671123).

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The Listening Tube Podcast with Bob Woodley (Season 8, Episode 6). Tall Poppy Syndrome 101.

The wicked envy and hate; it is their way of admiring. Victor Hugo The Listening Tube Podcast (Excerpt)0:00/22:011× Mr. Woodley has been in the media business his entire adult life - radio, television, newspapers, disc jockey, newscaster, reporter, writer, press operator, and editor - all evident

The Listening Tube Podcast with Bob Woodley (Season 8, Episode 6). Tall Poppy Syndrome 101.
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Vladimir Kara-Murza, Courage and the Tall Poppy Syndrome.

We must execute not only the guilty. Execution of the innocent will impress the masses even more. Nikolai Krylenko AI Narration0:00/8:481× In the glossary of my book The Tall Poppy Syndrome: The Joy of Cutting Others Down I define tall poppies and short or dwarf poppies.  One

Vladimir Kara-Murza, Courage and the Tall Poppy Syndrome.
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Self-Righteousness and Hypocrisy as Cutters in the Tall Poppy Syndrome.

Let him who is without sin among you be the first to throw a stone at her. John 8:7. AI Narration0:00/10:201× In an article in Psychology Today (January 13, 2021) "Righteous vs. Self-Righteous" Leon R Seltzer Ph.D. wrote: Here, people labeled as self-righteous are negatively

Self-Righteousness and Hypocrisy as Cutters in the Tall Poppy Syndrome.