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I was teased as a kid and as an adult for being "a geeky white kid/guy" (I liked science and nature more than sports).
Then I started sticking up for myself, and they got the message.
Unfortunately me solution was to basically threaten to beat them to a pulp.
It helps when you're a 6' 175-200 lb. 15 yr old, but that was just me.
I can still remember the looks on two particular "bullies", 1 from grammer school, 1 from high school. They realized that they just might have "poked the bear" once too often!
The problem with the "cyber-bully" generation is that the effect the have on their victims gets compounded dat after day, like the effect a suicide hotline operator experiences being on thejob for too long.
When you have an "instant reaction" medium, both the good and the bad are conveyed without delay. In otherwords, there is little time to filter all the crap you get exposed to, and you may react just as quickly without thinking. Thus the compounding effect.
That's why I LOVE being able to leave the computer and get outside whenever I feel like it.
Hopefully these bullying victims can find a viable solution in their lives to offset this crap!
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