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alphafemale

(18,497 posts)
104. The only way to stop a bully since the dawn of time.
Sun Jan 18, 2015, 03:10 PM
Jan 2015

Adults trying to "talk to" a bully will only make it worse for the kid.

You have to knock the snot out of their face.

Sad but true.

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The girl should be arrested and spend some jail time. trumad Jan 2015 #1
it's called a breaking point... lame54 Jan 2015 #4
If not longer. LiberalArkie Jan 2015 #7
Which one? H2O Man Jan 2015 #9
H trumad Jan 2015 #20
BS. I was bullied for almost three years in High School. Daily unbelievable Hell Katashi_itto Jan 2015 #18
Well I'm glad you didn't kill them... trumad Jan 2015 #21
My only regret is not doing enough damage to the leader. Katashi_itto Jan 2015 #23
Wow, just wow, you are a wanna be little psychopath, aren't you? Humanist_Activist Jan 2015 #151
I went to Jr High with a girl AgingAmerican Jan 2015 #159
I was pulled out of middle school due to bullying, I was beaten up on an almost daily basis... Humanist_Activist Jan 2015 #162
This is disguisting. You are a violent and barbaric individual. NCTraveler Jan 2015 #158
Were you bullied? AgingAmerican Jan 2015 #160
Welcome to the Human Race Telcontar Jan 2015 #161
Spoken like someone who most like was the bully joeglow3 Jan 2015 #165
The funny thing was my Mother kept going to the school and they would do nothing Katashi_itto Jan 2015 #24
I think you did a great service for the populace. Perhaps the idea of torturing someone else... BlueJazz Jan 2015 #43
...thanks Katashi_itto Jan 2015 #70
But...But...I like Pretentious dribble....That's 90 percent of my shitty posts. BlueJazz Jan 2015 #95
My bad Katashi_itto Jan 2015 #111
Hey! I appologize Katashi_itto Jan 2015 #144
No big deal. I just thought that maybe you were having a bad day. BlueJazz Jan 2015 #145
Your praise of violence is disgusting. phil89 Jan 2015 #33
Your lack of understanding is confusing. Gemini Cat Jan 2015 #34
Lol...! So glad to know your the arbitrator of morals Katashi_itto Jan 2015 #35
Someone really needs to have been there to understand it. Frank Cannon Jan 2015 #47
Your dead on. These guys terrorized everyone. Katashi_itto Jan 2015 #52
I know this is kind of Off topic, but... Stellar Jan 2015 #156
People like you are the reason bullies exist Downtown Hound Jan 2015 #114
I don't agree with calling anyone a pansy, but Jamastiene Jan 2015 #137
I view people like you as worse than bullies. You are enablers of bullies. Katashi_itto Jan 2015 #143
I'm sorry, who was "defending themselves" in the video above? n/t Humanist_Activist Jan 2015 #150
I am guessing you and I will have two different answers to that question joeglow3 Jan 2015 #167
Let me put it this way, no one deserves to get beat up, for any reason whatsoever. Humanist_Activist Jan 2015 #170
Let me tell you a story joeglow3 Jan 2015 #174
Sadly I have to agree with you SteveG Jan 2015 #49
Cool story alcibiades_mystery Jan 2015 #66
Good for you! Bullying can ruin ones life; the effects are Flatulo Jan 2015 #138
Oh, I don't know. joshdawg Jan 2015 #32
Violence is never phil89 Jan 2015 #37
Well, then, what would you do? joshdawg Jan 2015 #39
Something tells me you were the bully back in the day joeglow3 Jan 2015 #168
I wouldn't convict Renew Deal Jan 2015 #42
Sometimes you reach a point when it's just too much. polly7 Jan 2015 #48
I'd add that everyone who stood around watching a defenseless person get beaten should be ashamed. cherokeeprogressive Jan 2015 #65
She wasn't defenseless. nt. polly7 Jan 2015 #68
She was no longer defending herself. Had it been a boxing match; the referee would have stopped it. cherokeeprogressive Jan 2015 #78
The girl giving her an ass-kicking was egged on and took it too far, polly7 Jan 2015 #92
This message was self-deleted by its author Desert805 Jan 2015 #139
Bullshit Downtown Hound Jan 2015 #115
Internet tough guys.. trumad Jan 2015 #117
Or, a realist who has endured what that person has endure joeglow3 Jan 2015 #169
Unfortunately, that's all that some people understand MannyGoldstein Jan 2015 #131
But but but malaise Jan 2015 #2
yep never any shortage of hypocrisy on du belzabubba333 Jan 2015 #41
one could if he had no sense dsc Jan 2015 #55
you mean your definition of sense b/c the two situations while not the same seem very similar to me belzabubba333 Jan 2015 #63
Or...one could see the bully as fundamentalist religion. ForgoTheConsequence Jan 2015 #83
What did you just say? sibelian Jan 2015 #93
Duhhhhhhhhhhhhhh....... tabasco Jan 2015 #112
Well you also have the case in Florida exboyfil Jan 2015 #3
"Kick her in the face!" Stephen Retired Jan 2015 #5
Why didn't any other classmates Ilsa Jan 2015 #6
Now see ... 1StrongBlackMan Jan 2015 #10
The way I see it... trumad Jan 2015 #19
Agreed. n/t 1StrongBlackMan Jan 2015 #28
Agree. That was egregious. tblue Jan 2015 #94
Cops do. I see videos all the time of cops kicking people--often handcuffed, tblue37 Jan 2015 #129
. MohRokTah Jan 2015 #8
Exactly what I thought of!! 7962 Jan 2015 #13
omg me too.. yuiyoshida Jan 2015 #116
Sometimes a good old fashioned asskicking is in order. PeteSelman Jan 2015 #11
Where were the adults? teachers? parents? vlyons Jan 2015 #12
How do we know they didn't report the problem? sarge43 Jan 2015 #16
This is what happens Bettie Jan 2015 #58
That doesn't work. They learn bullying from their parents. alfredo Jan 2015 #31
Wonder how many other people she's bullied? 7962 Jan 2015 #14
It could be a cheap life lesson for both of them glasshouses Jan 2015 #15
I won't watch these "girl fight" videos. cwydro Jan 2015 #17
Are they, in your opinion, worse than "boy fight" videos? whathehell Jan 2015 #22
of course not. cwydro Jan 2015 #27
"Of course not"? whathehell Jan 2015 #38
No it's not. Are_grits_groceries Jan 2015 #84
Well, when I grew up cwydro Jan 2015 #102
Not where I taught. nt Are_grits_groceries Jan 2015 #106
I agree BrotherIvan Jan 2015 #113
Actually no not so much. calimary Jan 2015 #90
I'm not going to say I approve FrodosPet Jan 2015 #25
Here's what I don't understand: chervilant Jan 2015 #26
Because a hell of a lot of us were bullied. jeff47 Jan 2015 #57
Catharsis is an interesting reason. chervilant Jan 2015 #71
Didn't watch the video. jeff47 Jan 2015 #73
Well, I cannot watch such videos, chervilant Jan 2015 #81
I was bullied cwydro Jan 2015 #142
I dunno how I'd react if I was that girl being bullied. Inkfreak Jan 2015 #29
I had a short fuse as a kid. If bullied, I'd fight back. alfredo Jan 2015 #30
Apparently The Wizard Jan 2015 #36
It's called....poetic justice.... Bohemianwriter Jan 2015 #40
Kicked in the head? exboyfil Jan 2015 #45
Don't start nothing, won't be nothing. You attack people for your jollies then TheKentuckian Jan 2015 #64
what death? trumad Jan 2015 #119
The potential one feared from the bully getting the script flipped on them the poster was discussing TheKentuckian Jan 2015 #127
I'm assuming you are talking about the girl that STARTED the fight. Humanist_Activist Jan 2015 #152
I'm not speaking specifically to this incident but in general about violent bullies TheKentuckian Jan 2015 #180
Violence in response to insults is never acceptable Taitertots Jan 2015 #44
Violence is never a good solution Bettie Jan 2015 #46
Would the bully defenders here prefer suicide? Frank Cannon Jan 2015 #50
I don't know Bettie Jan 2015 #53
That's a lot of fallacy packed into such a small space Major Nikon Jan 2015 #133
Sigh. Frank Cannon Jan 2015 #134
I'm not sure how obfuscation fixes your fallacies Major Nikon Jan 2015 #135
Difference is we have a society that tries to stop rape and murder joeglow3 Jan 2015 #177
Support whoever you want and that's fine Major Nikon Jan 2015 #179
Actually I think a lot more is done these days exboyfil Jan 2015 #51
More is done sometimes Bettie Jan 2015 #56
Sorry but your kid doesn't know how to deal with it but rather how to suck it up TheKentuckian Jan 2015 #61
I cannot tell my child that violence is the solution Bettie Jan 2015 #74
No, teaching a child to defend themselves is NOTHING like allowing your child to be a bully TheKentuckian Jan 2015 #107
Amen joeglow3 Jan 2015 #178
As it should, thank you for fostering a little better world. TheKentuckian Jan 2015 #181
Fundamentally, the problem is bullying is a learned behavior. jeff47 Jan 2015 #59
i just dont agree qazplm Jan 2015 #85
so the takeaway so far in this thread is... trumad Jan 2015 #54
Yes, time started at the beginning of the video. jeff47 Jan 2015 #60
And also, because someone is called a bully on the internet, it absolutely must be true. chrisa Jan 2015 #62
Like I said ....... there are times when eventually the hurt and rage becomes overwhelming. polly7 Jan 2015 #67
I won't condone that but once the bully actually bullies and I mean gets physical then you bet your TheKentuckian Jan 2015 #69
Ender, that you? nt tblue37 Jan 2015 #132
Funny Desert805 Jan 2015 #140
agreed ... as if there wavesofeuphoria Jan 2015 #75
To read DU's discourse on bullying, you'd have to believe that everyone is bullied for years alcibiades_mystery Jan 2015 #86
keyboard warriors... trumad Jan 2015 #91
It's sad that you actually think that. NutmegYankee Jan 2015 #97
OK alcibiades_mystery Jan 2015 #99
I take it no one is bullied in your fantasy world? NutmegYankee Jan 2015 #100
Very obviously, bullying exists, and some is even severe and persistent alcibiades_mystery Jan 2015 #103
LOL, the good ole "it didn't happen to me, therefore it doesn't happen". NutmegYankee Jan 2015 #108
That's not what I said at all alcibiades_mystery Jan 2015 #109
Where are your stats? Erich Bloodaxe BSN Jan 2015 #153
wow lunasun Jan 2015 #154
Thank you! I thought I was just Codeine Jan 2015 #146
Not cynical. Just ignorant and lazy joeglow3 Jan 2015 #176
To read this post, you are an willfully ignorant joeglow3 Jan 2015 #175
There is only one thing a bully understands and that is intimidation. Rex Jan 2015 #72
I agree with this part..."The girl grabs the bully, pulls her down, then becomes the bully." Iggo Jan 2015 #76
The video shows a beat-down that ends with a defenseless person getting kicked repeatedly while down cherokeeprogressive Jan 2015 #77
Not guilty by reason of temporary insanity (grieving sister). aikoaiko Jan 2015 #79
I suspect with the French terrorists could have used the same defense. trumad Jan 2015 #80
Was Charlie Hebdo mocking the deaths of their sisters? aikoaiko Jan 2015 #82
no but they could say they were temporarily insane trumad Jan 2015 #88
If that analogy makes sense to you, and I can understand why it would, so be it. aikoaiko Jan 2015 #96
The difference is the death of the sister is the trigger not the mocking WestCoastLib Jan 2015 #141
Some have been falling all over themselves here to apologize for the folks who killed cartoonists Warren DeMontague Jan 2015 #128
When bullying is relentless Are_grits_groceries Jan 2015 #87
is there anything that proves it was relentless? trumad Jan 2015 #89
the "bully" does not seem phased GreatGazoo Jan 2015 #98
title should be 'revenge porn for the bullied' belzabubba333 Jan 2015 #101
Indeed alcibiades_mystery Jan 2015 #105
The only way to stop a bully since the dawn of time. alphafemale Jan 2015 #104
Amazing how many sociopaths are on this board, excusing violence. n/t Humanist_Activist Jan 2015 #110
yep.. trumad Jan 2015 #118
Hope she gets used to a wheelchair. n/t dilby Jan 2015 #120
Post removed Post removed Jan 2015 #123
You mad? dilby Jan 2015 #126
You know, this is a post I'm going to save and pull out for EVERY discussion you have here in the... Humanist_Activist Jan 2015 #148
i would expect no less from someone who sides with a bully. dilby Jan 2015 #157
I'm sorry, you are the psychopath advocating for a child to be permanently handicapped... Humanist_Activist Jan 2015 #163
And you are exactly like a bully. dilby Jan 2015 #164
Excuse, who is the bully again? Who is cheering on the beating of a child here? n/t Humanist_Activist Jan 2015 #171
I've noticed this too. Gemini Cat Jan 2015 #173
From one of the asshole club .... polly7 Jan 2015 #166
No, I am circumstantially recommending violence as the most effective and logical response to TheKentuckian Jan 2015 #121
Actually, I wrote an OP about it. Humanist_Activist Jan 2015 #124
I think they both need counseling Skittles Jan 2015 #122
I'm about to get a hide.. trumad Jan 2015 #125
Well, I'm of the belief that there is no such as a fair fight. Lobo27 Jan 2015 #130
my son stopped it in 5th grade MFM008 Jan 2015 #136
Meh Capt. Obvious Jan 2015 #147
OF COURSE the appropriate response to hurtful words is to beat the person who said them senseless, Nye Bevan Jan 2015 #149
Why didn't the school do anything abelenkpe Jan 2015 #155
World star! Jesus Malverde Jan 2015 #172
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