A Continuation of a Discussion Started in the Politics Thread
when you have a history of being bullied, it becomes harder to just laugh it off when someone insults you.
when you have a history of being bullied, it becomes harder to just laugh it off when someone insults you.
The sad thing about this is that some of those who were so badly bullied are now even worse bullies themselves because they could not or would not break the cycle. I got bullied myself when I was younger and I do try to NOT wreak the same havoc on others but that does not stop them from wreaking said havoc on others.
For a while we had a bit of a bully climate from some here … I’m glad to see that it is slowly changing towards the better recently.
I was bullied for a time when I was school, had an adolescent weight problem. It turned out to really mold me into a better person, I believe. I ended up in a few fights around the 7th-8th grades and by the 9th, I had respect from everyone, not respect by fear, but a respect by being stand up and never backing down. I ended up using this reputation to lift up people and protect others. It ended up being a career, I particularly enjoyed turning the tables on bullies as a cop. I once caught some teens bullying a poor kid and I proceeded to dress them down in almost drill sergeant fashion and they were so scared of me they couldn’t do anything about it. One later approached me and thanked me, made him “see the light” so to speak.