Donald Trump's Mockery of a Disabled Man is Middle School Crap

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9. I was a skinny squeaky reactive kid who got hammered by bullies in middle and high school.

They called me "queerbait." They'd torture me on the school bus. I'd ride my bike to school and they'd vandalize my bike, spitting on the seats or letting the air out of my tires. (Hah, I'm still riding that bike more than 40 years later, but is it the same bike if half the parts have been replaced?)

I quit high school for college and all the violence stopped. It was one of the best decisions I've ever made. Boo fucking who, I never went to a dance, prom or a football game.

Yep, I can recognize a middle school bully.

I think schools have gotten better. Our kids' schools seemed to take bullying very seriously. It was reassuring to me to see anti-bullying posters in the cafeterias and on the bulletin boards of their schools.