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> Bullies are violent for no reason, for the pleasure of it. Not quite. Bullying is continuing targeted agression for the purpose of demeaning another person a
by ams6110 9y ago
> Bullies are violent for no reason, for the pleasure of it.
Not quite. Bullying is continuing targeted agression for the purpose of demeaning another person and getting power over them.
A one-off diatribe, blunt or even mean-spirited statement, by itself, is not bullying. A person can be an ass without being a bully.
- dschuetz 9y agoIf that is true then Linus is a wrong bully. I haven't seen him continuously targeting other people personally to make them look weak. He criticizes other people's bad decision making or bad judgement, not their persona! There is a clear difference here! But I get the point that there's more to actual bullying than I initially stated, thanks for clarifying that.