Another Bullying thread!

pennypitstop

So I'm scrolling my FB newsfeed and I see a thing about 'Share this if you are against bullying'.....
Then there's a load of praise for someone who wrote a song, also about bullying....

I thought to myself is their any point to all this?
Do bullies 'like' these posts or even see them? Do they care that someone wrote a song about bullying? Do they even know its directed at them?

Will it make a blind bit of difference to someone who is being bullied if the post got a billion likes or shares? or if there was a thousand anti-bullying songs written?

I doubt it!

Ihatecuddles-old

Hopefully teens/children being bullied won't feel so alone. Hopefully they won't be ashamed and have the courage to tell someone...

Hopefully!!

Steve O

Here's what you would've won...

Chuck Stone

Slacktivism

Slacktivism (sometimes slactivism or slackervism) is a portmanteau of the words slacker and activism. The word is usually considered a pejorative term that describes "feel-good" measures, in support of an issue or social cause, that have little or no practical effect other than to make the person doing it feel some amount of satisfaction. The acts tend to require minimal personal effort from the slacktivist.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Slacktivism#cite_note-Davis_2011-1

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TeddyTedson

A lot of kids being bullied in school are not able to stand up for themselves.
In think the anti bullying thing is also about people standing up for people being bullied.
It's quite shocking the amount of kids in America kill themselves due to bullying, and even the numbers here.

kingcobra

I'd say a lot of bullies don't even realise that they're bullying someone. They all think it's fun and games and just a bit of craic and they just can't see things from the victims perspective.

December2012

Slacktivism - see Kony2012

Micky Dolenz

FaceBook is the work of the Devil.

Big Bottom

Facebook has a lot to answer for with regard to bullying going on, Ive seen it myself so I know what Im talking about.

token101

Ihatecuddles wrote: »

Hopefully teens/children being bullied won't feel so alone. Hopefully they won't be ashamed and have the courage to tell someone...

Hopefully!!

Compass through the hand is a far more effective tool in my opinion.

spankysue

I'm always seeing that kinda crap on Facebook, have to laugh when I see former bullies I went to school with liking and sharing the photos :pac:

Scruffles

whether its as tacky as fcuk or not,facebook campaigns at least gets awareness out about bullying and that can only be a good thing if it allows bullied people to see they arent the only one it happens to.

kingcobra wrote: »

I'd say a lot of bullies don't even realise that they're bullying someone. They all think it's fun and games and just a bit of craic and they just can't see things from the victims perspective.

that isnt bullying,that describes informal mocking.
bullying is long term serious abuse in many different forms; mental,verbal,sexual,physical etc.
bullies who go into adulthood as bullies are often thought to have personality disorders.

it isnt just kids and teens who get bullied,many adults suffer bullying to whether we be talking about adults in work, their community or due to being different to the majority in the area; such as having a disability.

online and offline bullying of learning/intelectualy disabled adults is so common as we have less ability to defend against it and are very vulnerable to manipulation, the UK has seen so many parents end theirs and their disabled childs lives because they had complained constantly to police about severe bullying but nothing ever got done, and online bullying is only recognised against kids and teens as society doesnt understand the issues of those they are not around.

kingcobra

kingcobra wrote: »

I'd say a lot of bullies don't even realise that they're bullying someone. They all think it's fun and games and just a bit of craic and they just can't see things from the victims perspective.

That's the thing. Bullies never realise that they're bullies. Not just kids, but adults as well.

So if you're reading this, office b*tch? If you're one of those people who question and interrogate you as if you owe them an explanation every time you take a sick day, if you're one of those people who give backhanded compliments, if you're one of those people who try to make people feel bad about themselves constantly, no matter what the topic of conversation, if you're one of those people who involve everyone else in the office in a minor dispute about who broke the printer and try to get them all to side with you, then guess what? You're a bully.

I've met a lot of bullies in my time and they all think they're lovely people. They don't get that people are nice to them because they're intimidated and afraid of becoming the next target, not because they're nice people.

keelanj69

Dustin Melted Frisbee wrote: »

That's the thing. Bullies never realise that they're bullies. Not just kids, but adults as well.

So if you're reading this, office b*tch? If you're one of those people who question and interrogate you as if you owe them an explanation every time you take a sick day, if you're one of those people who give backhanded compliments, if you're one of those people who try to make people feel bad about themselves constantly, no matter what the topic of conversation, if you're one of those people who involve everyone else in the office in a minor dispute about who broke the printer and try to get them all to side with you, then guess what? You're a bully.

I've met a lot of bullies in my time and they all think they're lovely people. They don't get that people are nice to them because they're intimidated and afraid of becoming the next target, not because they're nice people.

Imagine how good you'd feel if you just headbutted that person in the face. You'd feel like a super badass

Let us know how it goes.

Killer Wench

Big Bottom wrote: »

Facebook has a lot to answer for with regard to bullying going on, Ive seen it myself so I know what Im talking about.

So Facebook is to blame?

keelanj69

keelanj69 wrote: »

Imagine how good you'd feel if you just headbutted that person in the face. You'd feel like a super badass

Let us know how it goes.

This person doesn't exist, btw. I've just met a lot of people like that. Passive-aggressive, mean bullies who have no idea how sh1t they make people feel.