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In reply to the discussion: Effects of Bullying Last Into Adulthood, Study Finds [View all]alcibiades_mystery
(36,437 posts)33. Every action people don't like is now "Bullying"
It's the new master term for bad behavior. It takes dominion everywhere, as the poet once said.
If you don't like somebody, that person is a bully. And that makes you, of course, the bully's victim who is standing up for herself or himself. Which is very heroic, and etc.
This is the way some people represent all of social life these days. Indeed, this very post makes me a "supporter of bullies," which makes me a "bully." And you can be sure that some folks have already decided that I am a DU bully, or some such.
That this discourse is actually quite dangerous goes without saying.
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I didn't know that about Dumbya. That is awful. It is even more awful that someone like that could
raccoon
Feb 2013
#29
those of us who lived it know it shapes who you become. Overcoming the effects
BlancheSplanchnik
Feb 2013
#65
I agree that this is a strict definition of bullying, but I think it's legitimate.
DaveJ
Feb 2013
#36
I don't understand why you are standing up against the misuse of the term 'bully'.
DaveJ
Feb 2013
#44
I dread high school for my daughters although I know they probably (hopefully) won't
Jennicut
Feb 2013
#41
you know, back when I was in the prepubescent/early pubescent age group when bullying is probably
Douglas Carpenter
Feb 2013
#21
I would only say and say from experience that one does not want to over dose on stewing about the
Douglas Carpenter
Feb 2013
#57
I left school in 9th grade, lied about my age, and passed my GED at 15, just to get away
The Flaming Red Head
Feb 2013
#68