I don't know about bullying... maybe? I certainly was ridiculing the viewpoint that political correctness has gone overboard. I personally think ridicule is

I don't know about bullying... maybe? I certainly was ridiculing the viewpoint that political correctness has gone overboard. I personally think ridicule is the right response to that sort of complaint. My intent was to ridicule the idea, though, not the previous poster. Especially considering how the previous poster framed it as "some people think..." which is a less personal, and I think better way of arguing. I think my personal anecdotes (for example, where I mentioned that I work in an industry where I get a large advantage for being white and male) are a weakness of my debate style; they tend to make debates more personal, more emotional and, in my opinion, less interesting. I would argue that ridicule is different from bullying, especially when that ridicule is directed at an idea rather than at a person. But... I could also see how you could make the argument that ridiculing an idea is ridiculing the people who hold that idea. And ridiculing a person is certainly a component of bullying. So maybe it was bullying? But I also think of Bullying as a pattern of abuse directed towards a particular person, and I'm certainly not doing that I do have plenty of friends who are openly racist and/or sexist, and while I do ridicule their ideas (and yes, to their faces, I'm not afraid to call people out.) they're still friends, so make of that what you will.