Is it normal that i think anti bullying has gone to far?

Bullying affects people in different ways. Especially people that are mentally ill.
My brother was/is mentally ill and was bullied a lot and it hurt me so much to know that was happening to him. I cried for him. He was teased and guys actually pushed him around and hit him.
The bullying made him have very many violent thoughts that he told me about because we were very close.
He did eventually get very angry one time and threw a book in one of the guys face and punched the other one in the face very hard.
They left my brother alone after that.
So I am against bullying completely.
Most mass shooters were mentally ill and were bullied.

Maybe collectively we as a society have grown tired of assholes.
I would imagine any anti-bullying policies would upset anyone prone to such behavior. Otherwise why worry about it.

I think anti-bullying is a noble cause, and yes bullies should be reprimanded if caught.

Big however... you simply WON'T stamp it out. Ever. It's something that's going to happen and these people will bully over any little "funny" thing they can pick out.

The best antidote is to teach a kid self-worth and to stand up for themselves. Nothing stops a bully in their tracks faster than picking on the wrong one, that one who won't take their shit and claps back. That's an important life skill anyway. You're not gonna get anywhere once you go out into the adult world, if you're still a doormat who can't be cutthroat. I had to learn that too, being picked on in school.

I always find it ironically amusing in a very dark way when someone espouses hard-line social Darwinism and justifies it by saying that they were treated like shit and coped, so everyone else should just harden the fuck up.

I'd suggest that your lack of empathy and understanding is a direct consequence of how you were treated at school. So, contrary to what you believe, the bullying and name-calling you were subjected to did indeed have a long-term impact on the person you have become.

I am normally the first person to say that the social pendulum has swung too far and has actually gone the way of counter productivity, but in the case of bullying it has not.

Adolescence is a hard time for everyone and kids can be so cruel. Camera phones, photo editing, memes, social media, etc. provide a non-physical venue to humiliate people that never existed years ago.

It doesn't matter how much you have going for you, if a person or a group decide to ruin you socially,you're in for a world of shit. And it can be a horrible world. Young people are developing and humans are a social species so these things can matter a huge deal.

Normally I'd be with you and say, "man/woman up. Don't be a pussy.." But it is different now. It is too easy, too efficient, and too permanent to just brush aside. The days of fighting it out after school, or rumors vanishing through hearsay and time- are gone. Don't be cruel.

Bad families produce bad children.
Bad children bully other children.
Those bullies have children and continue the cycle.

Bad families =/= poor families. It can be any family with abusive people in it.

The solution is to not throw anti-bully campaigns in children's faces in hope that the bullying stops, because where is that anti-bullying support when they get home to their abusive drunk or high mom/dad/grandma/grandpa/Aunt and or Uncle; sometimes sisters or brothers? No one is there. Where does the frustration of feeling helpless go? Where can this child exercise the brutal acts he/she learned at home? In the place they're at everyday 90% of the time; at school.

All these band-aid solutions are not building toward the future. We're not teaching children what life really is, what really happens in it and how to deal with it. We need teach more than just academics in schools to prepare children for teenage years, and teenagers to young adults.

Yes and no. I think anti bully campaigns have their heart in the right place, but they don't get to the root of the problem. If you mow over a dandelion, it will only grow back because it's root is deep.

Getting picked on occasionally, that is normal, happens to everyone. Repeatedly picking on one kid and making their life hell, is wrong, and we need to figure out what drives kids to do this.

It could be that they are unhappy/abused themselves and take it out on others. It could be that said bully is an emerging psychopath/sociopath and just doesn't care. The point is, telling them "don't bully" does jack and all for them or their victims.

I think it is tragic when a child kills themselves over something like this, because it's a waste. It's a permanent solution to a temporary problem. If it is truly that bad their parents should have pulled them from that school long beforehand, if they have any inkling of what's going on.

This could also be mitigated by not giving smart phones to children, but that's a matter of opinion.

I agree everyone is bullied to some degree, but when entire groups makes 7 years of your life a living, isolated, hell. When you have no one to talk to, when you can't even have social media because assholes deface it ruthlessly, come see me.

When you have never gone to a dance, had a boyfriend, hung out with a group, even been smiled at for almost half your life, come see me.

When you get sick to your stomache and have to endure panic attacks just to get an eduction, let me know.

When your only friend in the world you grew up with won't even talk to you because they'll be ostracize too, then feel free to post your stuff again.

Until then, I feel you don't really know what being bullied is.

Because some bullying goes so far it becomes abusive. Try being assaulted every day or being told you’re worthless and to go kill yourself every single day. After a while anyone would probably get suicidal.

I think everyone gets bullied at school do they not?
Unless children spend their lives in some impervious bubble they are going to experience it to some degree whatever safeguards & educational programmes are put in place.

Bullying exists in everyday life be it at work, on the sports field, even at home.

Companies monster other corporations, governments bully other governments. That is just the way the world is, sadly.

Who deserves it?

Maybe in some cases. Someone calls you or whomever a name maybe once or twice - deal with it and move on. BUT, if they continue, make you feel uncomfortable and constantly mess with you, it's bullying and no one likes that. Why should anyone have to deal with it? They shouldn't. Anyone who bullies knows what they are doing.

It depends on the type of granite counter-top you're looking for. I prefer the darker shades. Then again, you can always compare them to lemons, and find the difference.

not every kid is as smart as u

Learning martial arts is good for kids who are bullied.

That's true, freaks need to learn from a young age when they are acting inappropriately, and I say this as one myself, observe how people react to you makes it easier to blend in, They should teach confidence instead, then you will get rid of a lot of bullies that way too.

As a high school educator myself i feel that the term bullying is out dated the correct way to put it is constructive criticism. For e.g their is an over weight student in my school and i use the term fatty. Some people think this is insensitive and that i should call him by his real name. But then they aren't headmasters of a school so what would they know

I liked that bullying is now addressed in schools, but not the way is addressed.

There a fine line between what you're doing, and hypocrisy.

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True. Just don’t take it too far.