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(27,630 posts) Fri May 11, 2012, 04:56 AM May 2012

Bully says: "I'm not a mean person" [View all]

A group of teenagers harrassed, intimidated, and threatened a teenage girl who eventually committed suicide because of the nonstop bullying. One of the bullies appeared on tv to tell us all what a great person she is:

http://usnews.msnbc.msn.com/_news/2011/12/28/9781587-bullied-girls-suicide-has-ongoing-impact

Yes it's a few months old but I found it apropos to the current events.

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Bully says: "I'm not a mean person" [View all] Quantess May 2012 OP

bullies are like that. Javaman May 2012 #1

The video makes me angry, honestly. Quantess May 2012 #2

the kid is a manipulator and the mom is enabler. nt Javaman May 2012 #4

I wonder if they really aren't cognizant of the hurt they inflict? Nuclear Unicorn May 2012 #3

It's amazing. She seems to be in complete denial. Quantess May 2012 #7

there is so much in here, and it is in no way simple. with ALL the ugly of this situation seabeyond May 2012 #5

No, of course not everyone who endures a several-month-long campaign of bullying Quantess May 2012 #6

i think that is hearing what you want to hear. because i heard this girl say seabeyond May 2012 #9

Maybe she and her mother came across badly in the interview? Quantess May 2012 #10

"she was crying for herself mostly, right?" i get that. seabeyond May 2012 #12

I see where you're coming from and I agree... Quantess May 2012 #13

All bullies are "nice people"; just ask any of their friends LeftinOH May 2012 #8

Sorry kid, but you're mean. Gemini Cat May 2012 #11

"Oh I'm not a mean person..." Yeah right. Initech May 2012 #14