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It is odd how much bullying goes on in real life whether at school, the playground, the workplace or among social friends. Should we outlaw all such non-physic
by 1cvmask 5y ago
It is odd how much bullying goes on in real life whether at school, the playground, the workplace or among social friends.
Should we outlaw all such non-physical “bullying”?
I remember in college when the losing side in a debate called the winning side bullies.
Online bullying is a from of status seeking performative art. It is usually the bigotry of the alleged anti-bigots.
Public personas with platforms to bully like the NY Times “journalist” Taylor Lorenz lie and attack the weak. And when they are called out for their lies and attacks, they hide behind the “bullying” trope and demand censorship.
Many people avoid Twitter for example precisely because it is a cesspool of status seeking bullies and trolls. While it might seem to be a mirror of society, it is only a mirror of a small self-selected microcosm. It comes with both the good and bad.
But censorship of the “bad” is not an answer as a normal conversation to some is a trigger to others.
Of course the dominant power structure will always exploit such censorious demands to censor the weak and powerless.
Beware what you wish for
- Aesops fables
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On a side note she is the BBC “disinformation” specialist. The BBC just walked back on it’s fake news regarding the Syria Douma chemical attack story.
Is that bullying to point out they are publishing fake news?
https://then24.com/2021/09/06/syria-bbc-admits-dissemination-of-fake-news-about-the-use-of-poison-gas-in-duma-in-2018/ https://then24.com/2021/09/06/syria-bbc-admits-dissemination...
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-9958679/BBC-admits-Syria-gas-attack-report-flaws-complaint-Peter-Hitchens.html https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-9958679/BBC-admits-...
https://news.cgtn.com/news/3d3d514d7a457a4e32457a6333566d54/index.html https://news.cgtn.com/news/3d3d514d7a457a4e32457a6333566d54/...
- smhenderson 5y agoConflating the use of the word bullying by people trying to deflect their own misdeeds with actual, real world bullying of people based on their race, their sexual preference or even just their perceived weakness when compared to others seems like a convenient excuse to continue to let the strong continue to bully the weak. People have committed suicide over online bullying. Were those people liars who attacked the weak and thus deserved the harassment they received from others? Who did a person on Instagram who is made fun of because of their looks "bully", using your definition, to deserve the negative attention they received? What platform did the Star Wars kid abuse to warrant all the laughter and derision he suffered? People who abuse a position of authority and then hide behind claims of harassment or bullying deserve to be called out; but let's not pretend they are somehow a majority and that actual bullying leading to people either harming themselves or shutting themselves off completely from society is not a real problem.
- soco 5y agoI believe only a bully would call the others "snowflakes". That's the tell-tale sign for me. Because there might be arguments for either side, but as soon as you see that labeling you immediately know to which kind of person you're talking.