after woman posts poem about how she was bullied, class of 1987 contacts her to apologize

[HughBeaumont]

14. And as predicted, the comments on that story literally make me give up hope for humanity.

Fucking assholes . . .

Pretty touching story, but I have to agree with those who say bullying victims should've learned to toughen up and stand up to the bullies then and there.


It really is educational - you learn to stand up for yourself against bullies when you're a kid, you'll learn to stand up for yourself against the bullies you meet in adulthood. They might not give you atomic wedgies or bully you physically like they did in school, but you'll run into them in all stages of life and if you never learned up to stand up for yourself you're just doomed to an even more difficult life than it has to be.

Not so much, I think some people think bullying is a problem, but some of us see the truth that bullying is needed in school. That's why I always tried to urge my classmates not to report it, so that adults did not have to step in. It was good to see kids get picked on, they became stronger adults later on in life.

Well, I think if someone takes their own life, bullied or not, it's on them. I don't think that I am sick, I just see the benefits of bullying.

Chris, I completely agree with you. I'm just finishing college this year and had it not been for bullying that was done to me throughout grade school and high school, I would not have gotten this far. It taught me to toughen up my outer shell, to be able to take hard criticism, to be able push ahead in life so I would not be stuck under them all. I see people who bullied me years ago come up to me in college and try to act nice and stuff like that. I say thanks and all but really just ignore them. Karma hit them all rather hard. I can't name one of them who is passing everything in college. They all lost their scholarships and had to transfer from bigger schools to smaller community colleges.

All in all, had I not been bullied I would not be as strong as I am today. Sometimes it goes to far, I admit that. And believe me, I hated every minute of it, but now I know that I grew up better than them. So cudos to you Chris. You're not the only one who thinks this.

Wow, times have changed. I think it was better when bullying was a rite of passage. It helped build strength up and made it easier to face the tough crule world ahead. I think people should just be more accepting of bullying, and understand how important it is to our society, rather than fight against it. Other than that, how does one learn to stand up for ones self?

Motherfuckers.