Shitty Things People Say Part The Millionth

[naamah_darling]

This is just tremendously depressing to me. And this.

I don't understand why people think bullying is just part of life. Everyone experiences being pushed around, but the way we as a culture just accept this kind of thing to the point that children are committing suicide because of it . . . that's sick.

It's sick the way that the victims are

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[allthelivesofme]

Oh man. :-( I remember when I was bullied in middle school, I finally went to the principal about it-- and he brought in the girl who was bullying me and wanted me to apologize to her for making accusations, because her parents had just gone through a divorce and I should understand that she was just acting out. Gah.

[pixxelpuss]

OH GOD. I hate that shit. When someone is making your life hell, you should not have to confront them face to face in the principal's office. That is insane and evil.

[elialshadowpine]

I hate that shit.

Yes, have the school counselors deal with the fact that the kid may be acting out due to the parents' divorce. Don't expect the kid she is bullying to forgive her actions because of it, much less apologize to her (what the everliving fuck???).

People are still responsible for their actions, and taking a "oh, but it's just because of..." attitude just teaches people to slough responsibility. Not like we don't have enough of that already.

[nighthellcat]

So this is where entitlement whores come from. I never knew before. =( No wonder they think the world owes them.

[liminalia]

One of the gay kids who recently hanged himself did so after being ordered to spend a week eating lunch with his chief bully so they could "work things out". I heard that and just had no words. I mean, do these people not remember being kids at all?

[galiyah]

That's really hideous. No way should a burden like that be placed on any child.

My 6 year old nephew just went through something like this: the school did nothing about the 12 year old who was bullying him because he was from a poor neighborhood. Since when does that make it ok for a kid to break into the bathroom stall and terrify a little boy? My poor nephew was afraid to use the bathroom for weeks. Needless to say he's no longer at that school.