School bully gets what he deserves

[Ideologue]

The few whites on the forum are constantly bullying the brown masses.

  Are Southerners whites?

If Caliga is any measure... 

And by "..." I mean "no".

Caliga's pretty white, but I'm Hispanic.

[DGuller]

The few whites on the forum are constantly bullying the brown masses.

  Are Southerners whites?

Despite what some racists think, no race is perfect. 

[Jacob]

This is called "cliquishness" in the US, as far as I know, and isn't considered at all the equivalent of bullying.  It is considered fairly normal in Middle School, though certainly actively discouraged. It isn't clear to me how prevalent it remains in big US high schools; reports I hear from students differ on the subject.

It's a different thing than cliques, I think, at least as I understand them. It's about picking on one person very intently, not about different social groups disliking each other.

[dps]

That's a stupid mantra.  Public humiliation that all your immature peers know about is nothing to scoff at, I'll take a couple of broken non-critical bones over that.

Public humiliation is only as painful as you let it be.

It only matters if you give a shit what other people think.  Most languishites would be immune.

Seriously, I got bullied some in school.  Taunting or trying to embarass me never bothered me a much, 'cause I really don't much care what people think of me.  To be honest, physical attacks never bothered me that much, either, because I always felt I could take care of myself if I needed to.  What really bothered me was when someone tried to steal or vandalize my stuff.

[Caliga]

Caliga's pretty white, but I'm Hispanic.

Caliga is extremely white.  However, that'll change soon enough once Caliga starts taking his boat out and going fishing.

[DGuller]

Not caring what other people think is fine if you're a Unabomber.  For those who have a desire for social life, though, being made an outcast can be quite damaging.

[jimmy olsen]

Not caring what other people think is fine if you're a Unabomber. 

How would you know this...unless you yourself are the Unabomber!

[dps]

DGuller, shame on you for framing that poor Mr. Kaczynski.

[Razgovory]

Not caring what other people think is fine if you're a Unabomber.  For those who have a desire for social life, though, being made an outcast can be quite damaging.

Eh, you get used to it.

[Rasputin]

Caliga's pretty white, but I'm Hispanic.

Caliga is extremely white.  However, that'll change soon enough once Caliga starts taking his boat out and going fishing.

[Drakken]

It's a different thing than cliques, I think, at least as I understand them. It's about picking on one person very intently, not about different social groups disliking each other.

It's all about dominance and submission play, but here totally non-consensual. The bully picks on the target because it cannot or is unwilling to stand his ground and retaliate, or lacks the social savyyness to make a network to support him. He is weak, the bully feels the fear, and with each picking on it confirms more and and more his dominance not only in the bullied's eyes, but also the peers.

The problem is, most times the target is encouraged not to defend himself or to find support in numbers through friends. Rather he is taught to be self-conscious about the others' - even the bully's - feelings. Alas, both family and school structures are badly, badly, badly equiped to deal with bullying.

[grumbler]

But in fact, I have witnessed mild verbal bullying before at my first 'real job' after graduation.  Nothing too egregious, just some rather condescending language. For example, one of my colleagues called the victim "an odd little man" to his face for no reason in particular.

Kinda what I expected - what we have here is a different use of the word "bullying" from what I understand it to mean. 

[Drakken]

Being condescending isn't bullying, it's simply displaying a higher status. People do it all the time.

Bullying is harassing someone to make his life miserable because he is lower status, either to feel good about oneself or for the lulz.

[The Brain]

Who asked for the seduction community's view?

[Drakken]

Who asked for the seduction community's view?

Din mor. She just asked me. *puffs from his pipe*