Does it really matter that romney was a high school bully?

[LeftishBrit]

16. Yes, because it is still part of his character and attitude

What a child or teenager does cannot necessarily be held against them, becase many people change with time and maturity. Some children are bullies because of emotional disturbances or moral immaturity that they may later outgrow. But Mitt Romney did not outgrow it; he continued to have the attitude that it is perfectly all right for the strong to trample on the weak: the very essence of modern Republicanism, and also of bullying. Whether he holds this attitude out of fervent ideology like Santorum, or just because it serves his current interests, doing so is still the mark of a bully. And he has shown it in other ways, from casually mistreating his dog, to 'liking to be able to fire people' in business.

In the same sort of way, it is relevant that David Cameron as a university student was a member of the riotous upper-class 'Bullingdon Club' and committed acts of vandalism, since it is all part and parcel of his general attitude that the rich and well-connected should have the right to do as they please, and of his general contempt for most people.

Moreover, I understand that some religious groups oppose anti-bullying laws and policies, or want exceptions made for 'religious conviction', just because they want teenagers to have the right to bully their gay schoolmates!