A theory about why some people DON'T want schools to fight bullying:

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4. I think bullying has gotten worse since "zero-tolerance" laws came to be.

Used to be, a bully getting smashed in the mouth was seen as a normal thing and a lesson learned.

Like Ralphie making Scut Farcus cry.

Today Ralphie would be expelled and possibly looking at jail.

And though it is wrong, our entire culture is saturated in contempt for perceived weakness.

We have to end zero tolerance and allow kids to start fighting back again.

"I'm going to tell on you! Because you're mean to me! wahhhh!"

Worked...never.

And again it is our culture and it is WRONG. But...still.

Everyone hates that whiny, little milquetoast kid that runs to Mommy/Teacher to fight his/her battles.

That is never going to work.

It runs counter to our cultural mindset.

"You are the only one that can prevent yourself from being bullied."

This is the template we have to work from.

First Step?

At least return to a state of mind where every scuffle between kids is just that. It is not an incident that needs ro be reported to law enforcement. And some kids earned that black eye.

"You are the only one that can prevent yourself from being bullied."

It may be wrong. But it is true.

In this power is all saturated culture.


On edit. It was Scut Farkus not Snark Farkus.

Still a shitty name.