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In reply to the discussion: I have been in a couple of fights in my life---and all were with bullies. [View all]radicalliberal
(907 posts)Otherwise, I never would have known. Because on previous occasions you seemed to come down hard on DU members who said they didn't like football, I had you pegged wrong (at least in my mind); and for that, I apologize.
From the time I was in the third grade until I graduated from high school, I attended public school in the Congressional District of Texas that once was represented by George Herbert Walker Bush. Of course, bullying and general meanness were the norm (as is still the case in most school districts). Mandatory P.E. was dreaded every single school day. One reason I took band in high school was so I wouldn't be required to take P.E., which was a bully's paradise. Principals and coaches didn't care. In all those years, I never even heard of a guy like you in my school district or anywhere else.
Thank you for your empathy and compassion. Sometimes the weaker guy has strengths of his own, but most people won't admit that.