Day Of action Against Bullying

[Sylph]

Because bullying often takes place in numbers or in group formation... And so people who might be quite harmless on their own are empowered by the group... (that's why group rape happens too, I presume).
The other reason I can think of is that bullies are generally not very articulate and therefore use violence to get their ways, or are articulate enough to bully (mentally) but not to be humane... that takes emotional intelligence.
And then, there's also the fact that the world turns a blind eye (a lot) to what societies consider 'harmless banter', so it really takes an understanding person to tackle these issues....
The last reason I can think of is laziness... (or fear).
All in all, it all comes down to education and upbringing... What people tell their children, and how they act towards them if they are bullied, or if they are the bullies (punishment?).

I agree, but also with the addition of self hate, for wether they be gay, socially inept or otherwise. Sometimes they bully, because they are lacking something someone else has that they wish they had, or want to cover up whatever makes the person they are bullying exhibits, that they're afraid to feel, such as attraction towards the same sex.
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I don't have any Orange or Pink clothes . But I do have Pink and Orange cloths and towels and stuff :p . I can wear them like a cape .

Great Idea Dfiant & Thanks for sharing

[zeon]

lol l dont own nothing pink and havent got anything orange unless its the fire of love burning within me which helps me help others here...

[Pix]

Because bullying often takes place in numbers or in group formation... And so people who might be quite harmless on their own are empowered by the group... (that's why group rape happens too, I presume).
The other reason I can think of is that bullies are generally not very articulate and therefore use violence to get their ways, or are articulate enough to bully (mentally) but not to be humane... that takes emotional intelligence.
And then, there's also the fact that the world turns a blind eye (a lot) to what societies consider 'harmless banter', so it really takes an understanding person to tackle these issues....
The last reason I can think of is laziness... (or fear).
All in all, it all comes down to education and upbringing... What people tell their children, and how they act towards them if they are bullied, or if they are the bullies (punishment?).

Yeah, I can think of why it happens, but what's weird to me is that a great many bullies then join in hating the bullies on screen, TV, and books instead of cheering them on. I mentioned Harry Potter and Hannah Montana because both had way too many fans to not include bullies, yet how many in the audience cheered Draco's gang in Harry Potter or the obnoxious Amber & Ashley in HM since they were just like them in real life? (ETA: And I just remembered, Harry Potter practically worshipped the memory of his father, yet he expressed distress and shame when he learned his father had been a horrible bully at school.)

But then there seem to be enough Republicans who trash gays publicly yet lead secret gay lives so maybe there's a remarkable ability to compartmentalize that I should take into account.

Hmph, and that reminds me that from time to time a show (like Larry in s2-3 of Buffy the Vampire Slayer) shows an especially repugnant bully who ironically is secretly gay and is so obnoxious to hide the fact from everyone else (and in the case of BtVS, Larry actually became a likable guy who died heroically fighting a demon once he came out of the closet).

[James]

This post shouldn't get lost in the shuffle, it is an issue which affects us all in one way or another so I am bumping it back to the top of the stack, Jim

[dfiant]

Champion fighter warns of bullying cancer

[dfiant]

Our local rag 'The Courier Mail' got behind the 'No To Bullying Day' yesterday and created a their own page in support to create awareness of the problem locally.

Our national day has passed, but the International day is the 30th of March.

SAY NO TO BULLYING