> I'm lead to believe that the sort of kid who would previously have been a bully is now the type to really stick up for someone who is differently abled. Or w

> I'm lead to believe that the sort of kid who would previously have been a bully is now the type to really stick up for someone who is differently abled. Or who enjoys bullying a different outgroup now. That does raise questions about the nature of bullying. Do bullies see themselves as heroic protectors of the norm, whether that norm is white people in the 1890s or trans Eskimos in the 2020s? How do bullies experience their own bullying of others? Do they feel righteous? There has to be a literature about this.