[CW: Suicide] Any time I see "Bullying Works" or "bullying" being used positively on here, I think of shit like this (www.youtube.com)

submitted 6 months ago by Guamer@hexbear.net to c/chapotraphouse@hexbear.net

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It's not a word that can, or should be, "reclaimed".

Dunking on chuds/libs/etc. is awesome, but it doesn't need that specific framing.

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[-] Awoo@hexbear.net 28 points 6 months ago

I object to comparing bullying libs and nazis to this. They're different things and everyone understands that.

I don't see why the word matters. I was bullied, I'd wager half the people here experienced some form of bullying as a kid. That doesn't change the fact that "cancel culture" "brigading" and generally being rude shits to people online with intent to get a social reaction out of them that is positive (they fuck off, apologise, delete accounts, never do it again, etc etc etc) is accurate to describe as bullying. It is bullying in service of good, this is bullying in service of bad. They're quite easily understood as different things.

[-] Adkml@hexbear.net 14 points 6 months ago

Yea exactly this.

When I went to youth program in the next town over because it was free for my family kids literally threw rocks at me and would shove me I to shale so I'd get cut up and then the counselors would grab me if I tried to retaliate because they were the older brothers of the kids bullying me and we'd both get in the same amount of trouble.

Don't have much patience for people telling me calling self avowed nazis stupid assholes makes me as bad as them.

People here fundamentally understand the difference between punching up and punching down. Otherwise they wouldn't be here.