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I don't think I've ever spoken on bullying, it's not a popular topic, so it o follow up a sincere analysis after a joke:
I think the reason why bullying doesn't really work is because most of the time it's not directed at actual bad behavior. People don't get bullied for...
I think the reason why bullying doesn't really work is because most of the time it's not directed at actual bad behavior. People don't get bullied for...
...getting into fights, disrupting class, cheating on their partners, being mean or bigoted, being abusive, being predatory, etc. They mostly get bullied for being fat, or disabled, or poor, or ugly, or part of some identity group. This means bullying has no social utility...
...and actually just makes people feel bad. If people rolled up on guys who were being misogynists or homophobes or being bullies themselves, I'd agree. But it seems like those behaviors are what is behind bullying most of the time. In practice, bullying doesn't seem to...
...get people out of weird behaviors, but instead isolate them into weirder groups where they take on bad social habits. Like, "
twitter should have been bullied" sounds like something i'd say, but they are probably like this because they were, here because they were....
twitter should have been bullied" sounds like something i'd say, but they are probably like this because they were, here because they were....
...i think if they hadn't been shit on for being trans or ugly or neurodivergent uncool or whatever, maybe they would have healthy irl friends and a good support system, and not have to find bonding in predatory adults on discord and Twitter.
So yeah in recap bullying is bad because it targets the wrong people and only makes people worse
