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| SvennoJ said: It seems accusing safe places and snowflakes are just the new ways for bullies to seek attention and continue on pretending they're better than the weak minded they for some reason fear so much. You can improve your self image without having to kick other people down. Why do you let SJW affect you so much in the first place? Getting bullied doesn't build character, it breaks it down. Defending this behavior is the dumbest thing I've read in a while, quite an achievement with Trump around. Perhaps you're confusing bullying with locker room banter. I was bullied throughout school, sure I overcame it eventually, still wouldn't recommend anyone to walk around with suicidal thoughts for half a decade. A friend of mine was bullied in school too, and ended up in the ultimate safe space, a mental health care facility. Did it make me stronger in the end? Perhaps, not in a good way though. I don't care about what other people say anymore and hardly interact with people. Can't be bothered to deal with people anymore. |
Yeah, the OP's justification of bullying as some kind of positive life experience is just bullshit. Abusive behavior has always ruined lives no matter how far back you go. Do some people get through it? Sure, though some of them end up with serious issues.
My father was bullied by his step-mother. He ended up mean and tough. Is that a success story? I don't think so. He wasn't very good at being a father and husband, he had trouble keeping friends, and his temper was absolutely frightening. Fear of my father defined my childhood. He was completely unable to apologize and complex emotions and responsibility made him go out to his shop and lose himself in work. One of his brothers became an alcoholic and died from it. One of his sisters became a hypochondriac with mental problems. Another brother was a pathological liar who also had a scary temper and a history of violent behavior.
These are people who grew up in the 1950s and 60s.
No, bullying has never been a positive.
