Bully calls news anchor fat, news anchor destroys him on live tv

[caseymoz]

48. Unless it damages your livelihood

. . . or is constant harassment, that you, of course, can't get away from because it's work, or brings you to public humiliation or disgrace, that's not what I would consider bullying.

Do you agree that childhood bullying involves actions that are criminal in adulthood? It's really a surprise that we let childhood bullying go on as long as it has. I think stopping it is the real key to changing this culture to the better.

But in trying to extend it to adult behavior, we've missed that point. Really, is there some flaw to my reasoning?

Why should it be used to designate behavior that's merely rude, boorish and ignorant? There's only one reason I could think of: because we've thought of it as normal thing in childhood for so long we expect it to be more normal and common in adulthood. When really it isn't, because in adulthood there are laws against it; and many bullies are either serving time or on probation and parole.