re: #491 Teukka

Okay, so with the speculation that a coworker might’ve been unable to separate his private and workplace spheres (he used to call muslims beasts, [bigoted word]s and other horrible stuff), and a long standing conflict between him and the perp(s) might have radicalized the latter, all sorts of interesting pretzel-esque psychological contortions crawl out of the woodwork.

“Bullying doesn’t exist.”
“Bullying is a codeword for parents to protect their speshul snowflakes while not teaching them to grow a pair.”

And worse. It’s gonna be a tough weekened :(

I had to deal with a bully as a kid, and I never got anything out of having to deal with it on my own. I’ve told my kids to talk to me if anyone is bullying them. Last night, my youngest told me about one he’s having to deal with. I tell them how they can deal with bullies, and I contacted his teacher, who was helpful.

There is no “toughening up” when having to deal with a bully alone. Otherwise, they wouldn’t be bullying you.