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alittlelark

(19,119 posts)
Fri Jun 1, 2012, 11:48 PM Jun 2012

Mom Chokes Bully Over Facebook Comments [View all]

http://news.yahoo.com/blogs/abc-blogs/mom-chokes-bully-over-facebook-comments-184942862--abc-news-topstories.html

A Florida mom said she regretted choking a boy who bullied her daughter online, but said his "nasty" and "disgusting" comments about the girl on Facebook had gone too far.

"The boy tells my daughter that she is a fat f*****g whale and didn't deserve to live because she is so nasty that he wouldn't even rape her," Debbie Piscitella explained on Facebook.

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Piscitella was arrested on a child abuse charge on Tuesday and was released on bail.

"I just snapped. I didn't put both hands on his neck it was just one hand, yes I shouldn't have done that, but you all do not even come close to understanding all the torment they have put my child through," Piscitella wrote.

What would you do?


33 votes, 1 pass | Time left: Unlimited
The same thing.
0 (0%)
Use both hands.
29 (88%)
Given him a stern lecture.
0 (0%)
Tell a mall cop he tried to sell you weed.
3 (9%)
Walk past, ignoring him.
1 (3%)
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Disable the Facebook account. freshwest Jun 2012 #1
The internet is forever... alittlelark Jun 2012 #3
Not on FB. Adults disable their own Facebool accounts for privacy. I don't FB, either. freshwest Jun 2012 #7
THIS! ^^^ daaron Jun 2012 #19
Long ago, in the early days of Internet messaging... Scootaloo Jun 2012 #2
She had the right idea! alittlelark Jun 2012 #4
What he said will come out in the trial. Zalatix Jun 2012 #5
"wouldn't even rape her"?!!!!! ManyShadesOf Jun 2012 #6
Turn him in to the authorities. Ilsa Jun 2012 #30
yes ManyShadesOf Jun 2012 #35
I voted "use both hands"... awoke_in_2003 Jun 2012 #8
Me too. I probably wouldn't in reality. But I fully understand her doing so. sabrina 1 Jun 2012 #24
Shouldn't making the bully's parents aware of the comments be an option? nt ZombieHorde Jun 2012 #9
Nope. jp11 Jun 2012 #12
Well, they certainly are now. (nt) Posteritatis Jun 2012 #13
Maybe they were already aware. alittlelark Jun 2012 #16
True, we don't know the detials. I just know contacting the parents and school is more ZombieHorde Jun 2012 #17
I do feel sorry for this mom. AverageJoe90 Jun 2012 #10
I would have had a nephew or cousin kick his ass long before this run in. MrSlayer Jun 2012 #11
i voted use both hands Suji to Seoul Jun 2012 #14
I voted the same. CakeGrrl Jun 2012 #27
I couldn't choose an option .... etherealtruth Jun 2012 #15
Other: I'd have contacted his mother, father, grandmother/grandfather, teachers, principal... FedUpWithIt All Jun 2012 #18
You are a better person than I. alittlelark Jun 2012 #21
I'm just glad I'm not growing up or going to school in this new facebook age fujiyama Jun 2012 #20
+1 Ruby the Liberal Jun 2012 #23
That's exactly what I was thinking fujiyama Jun 2012 #29
"Tell a mall cop he tried to sell you weed" Ruby the Liberal Jun 2012 #22
Anything JonLP24 Jun 2012 #25
I would have slapped the crap out of the punk until he learned a lesson Skip Intro Jun 2012 #26
I really can't blame her. BlueStater Jun 2012 #28
Other--get a restraining order and force the school district to expel him eom TransitJohn Jun 2012 #31
What punishment did the boy receive? baldguy Jun 2012 #32
Contacted a lawyer Rosa Luxemburg Jun 2012 #33
Givin that our "justice system" seems more interested... 99Forever Jun 2012 #34
Walk past. randome Jun 2012 #36
It ain't child abuse, it's an assault............... mrmpa Jun 2012 #37
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