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Is Cyberbullying real?

Is Cyberbullying Really That Serious of a Thing?

  • Yes

    Votes: 31 83.8%
  • No

    Votes: 5 13.5%
  • Other

    Votes: 1 2.7%

  • Total voters
    37
By which I mean, confront, in person. Like, don't go to their house looking for a fight, lol. Go to their house, ring the bell, and ask to see so and so. And tell them to politely....**** OFF. When THEIR mommy or daddy comes to the door and gets and attitude, show them the posts.


Fact is, most parents think their child is mother theresa reborn. And they aren't. My experience is, anyone in a position to bully will do so, if the alternative is to be bullied. By that I mean, pear pressure makes monsters of all of us. It's up to the tryranical leaders (parents) to keep us all in line at that age. The less they know, the more it happens.
 
Made up white people problems? No, I don't think so. Kids today have so many other issues to deal with than we do, and this is one of them. The internet is a constant, whether you turn off your computer or not. There are still going to be people making fun of you, whether you are there to see it or not. And when you get to school the next day, the harassment continues.

Well that wouldnt be cyberbullying then would it

Why should the bullied student be forced to stay off the internet? It's like blaming the victim. Personally, I think more parents should watch what their kids do, and who they do it to. Maybe then this "made up white people problem" will go away. :roll:

I dont think you get how the internet works or what cyber bullying is, you dont have to stay off the internet just go away from that site/forum or block the users who are bullying you.
 
If you get cyber bullied, just switch of your computer. If you get bullied at school, go to a different school. If you get bullied at work, find a different job. If you get bullied by a parent/spouse, move away from them.

I don't understand how people get bullied in any situation when it's so easy to avoid.
 
If you get cyber bullied, just switch of your computer. If you get bullied at school, go to a different school. If you get bullied at work, find a different job. If you get bullied by a parent/spouse, move away from them.

I don't understand how people get bullied in any situation when it's so easy to avoid.

Wut? Is that a serious suggestion (the bold)?

And why should someone being bullied leave or move? They are not the one in the wrong.

What a disgusting dismissal of other peoples' feelings and troubles.
 
It could be argued both ways. Personally, I'm of a mind that bullying must entail powerlessness, or at least the perception of such. I fail to see how that could be the case on the internet, where one may instantly banish ten million more capable opponents with the click of a mouse. Sure, words can wound, but then the wounded may respond in kind, unless they're illiterate, in which case they wouldn't be posting anywhere and the words couldn't have meant anything.

I'm wary of the 'cyber bullying' charge, as it invites inroads towards censorship of the last bastion of (relatively) free speech on the planet. Should someone happen to be burdened with such issues as might precipitate their suicide, they're at liberty to forego the big, scary internet in favour of pursuits that existed before ever the net was a concept. Their issues must colour their perceptions offline also. Shall we ban every medium of expression for fear of causing offense? As an infinitesimal minority, it's outrageous to expect that the entire global medium should cater to their delicate sensibilities. They don't need coddling. They need a shrink.
 
OK that's 1.

Kids are jumping off of water towers over this. They are shooting up schools over this. I don't think it should be discounted.


Are they really doing these shootings, these bridge jumps because of cyber bullying or because they always had a mental health issue and simply blamed "The internet" for their mental health issue? I think that's more the case and the data points to that. Mentally unstable people log into facebook, get in an argument then jump off a bridge, is that really the Internets fault? Who logged in and started yelling at people on their facebook and claiming bullying? I think that's a failure of their family, of themselves to get proper treatment. Not the internet and not the people on the internet who have to deal with said mentally unstable people who shouldn't be online and have been medically advised not to be.


It's the equivalent of storming into a brothel and becoming morally outraged and then arguing with the patrons. It's fake outrage. The whole online bullying movement is fake outrage because mentally unstable people now have 24/7 online access to have maximum possible chances to go crazy.

Surprise!! They're going crazy. Who would have thought?
 
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Well that wouldnt be cyberbullying then would it



I dont think you get how the internet works or what cyber bullying is, you dont have to stay off the internet just go away from that site/forum or block the users who are bullying you.


You don't think I get how the internet goes? I've probably been on the internet longer than you've been an itch in your daddy's pants. :roll: I know how it works - have seen it happen, and am not going to bury my head in the sand and pretend it doesn't exist, just because it's easier that way.
 
You don't think I get how the internet goes? I've probably been on the internet longer than you've been an itch in your daddy's pants. :roll: I know how it works - have seen it happen, and am not going to bury my head in the sand and pretend it doesn't exist, just because it's easier that way.

You obviously don't if you think you have to stay off the internet completely to get away from cyber bullying
 
I was given a very useful piece of advise back in the day. Due to my PTSD during and from my childhood abuse, I wasn't much liked and got verbally assaulted from time to time, additionally I had all my parents verbal assaults running around in my head. Anyway the advise she gave me was this...

If a crazy drunk guy came up to you and told you that your eyes were neon purple, would you believe him? No, you wouldn't. You know it's a lie. So when people lie about you, regardless of family or schoolmate, just remember that if a crazy drunk can't make you believe a lie, neither should you allow anyone else.

Quite literally now when people start commenting in a way that's clearly a misrepresentation of who I am, my first thought is "purple eyes," and it doesn't effect me as much. Now if a person is a friend or family member who is doing thusly often, then they simply are no longer part of my life. I see no point in having people who trash others around me or my loved ones, nor people that don't know when it's no longer funny. You know the type, says something just really crappy and then says, "aw, can't you take a joke."

Anyway, cyberbullying is real. But I believe instead of making the bullies the focus of our response, we need to find a way to empower kids to resist the effects of bullying. Disempower them arseholes, kind of like I did today actually, disempowering that cop by refusing to play his game at all.
i am very sorry for the abuse you say you suffered.

I have said it before - there are WAY too many people having children out there.

IMO, not even 50% of parents that I have seen are even what I would call passable parents. It pisses me off so much that I fear the next time I hear a parent verbally abusing his/her child that I will just tell him/her to 'shut up you ****ty parent'.

To me, the number one problem in the world is lousy parenting and all it's trickle down effects.
 
Anyone who says there is no such thing as cyberbullying is probably a cyberbully themselves.
 
i am very sorry for the abuse you say you suffered.

I have said it before - there are WAY too many people having children out there.

IMO, not even 50% of parents that I have seen are even what I would call passable parents. It pisses me off so much that I fear the next time I hear a parent verbally abusing his/her child that I will just tell him/her to 'shut up you ****ty parent'.

To me, the number one problem in the world is lousy parenting and all it's trickle down effects.

Surprisingly my life and the abuse therein is the fault of pro-lifers (though back then in was the entire nation) and the medical society in a way. I was born dead and with a heart defect. Had they not "saved" me... the next child would've been better appreciated, particularly if it had been a healthy boy. My mother didn't want a child so soon after her first to the point my grandmother offered to take her to Canada for an abortion which the mother refused and instead intentionally did/didn't do things that could've caused a miscarriage. Unfortunately for her and me, none of those worked. See not all children who weren't aborted are so happy and loved as everyone who's pro-life thinks the world is.
 
If you get cyber bullied, just switch of your computer. If you get bullied at school, go to a different school. If you get bullied at work, find a different job. If you get bullied by a parent/spouse, move away from them.

I don't understand how people get bullied in any situation when it's so easy to avoid.

Do any of the things you mentioned after a computer sit on top of your desk, inside your bag, or your back pocket? Do they have on off switches? I'm not denying bullying is a real thing and an issue that needs dealt with, but I think in the instance of bullying online, it's not as serious as most people make it out to be.
 
Anyone who says there is no such thing as cyberbullying is probably a cyberbully themselves.

Yeah when I'm on Facebook, I love to bully my friends. When I go to the two forums I go to all I'm doing is bullying people. You got me! Hands up!
 
You obviously don't if you think you have to stay off the internet completely to get away from cyber bullying

I never said that you have to stay off the internet to get away from bullying. If you'll scroll back, you see where I said that cyberbullying doesn't stop with turning off the computer, and it's not that easy to just turn off the computer to get away from it. Those same 500 kids that are bullying 1 child on the internet, are going to be the same 500 children in school the next day, bullying that 1 child.
 
Do any of the things you mentioned after a computer sit on top of your desk, inside your bag, or your back pocket? Do they have on off switches? I'm not denying bullying is a real thing and an issue that needs dealt with, but I think in the instance of bullying online, it's not as serious as most people make it out to be.

Teenager who killed herself over cyberbullying sparks soul searching in US - Telegraph

No - it's not serious at all.

Try Googling 'teenagers who killed themselves because of cyberbullying' if you want more examples of how people are taking it too seriously.

:roll:
 
Are they really doing these shootings, these bridge jumps because of cyber bullying or because they always had a mental health issue and simply blamed "The internet" for their mental health issue?

Does it matter? How can you tell, really? I mean -- if you could stop just one suicide or one school shooting by stopping cyberbullying, wouldn't you? And if you answer no, what if the child who was being bullied, and was being pushed to the edge, was a child in your child's school?
 
Bullying is real and the internet is also real . People use the internet to bully others is also real , hence cyber bullying is real .

Closing ones eyes wont take back what others have said , over time it may accumulate and some people may reach their breaking point who may either try to commit suicide or succeed in doing so .
Not everyone is the same and have the same breaking point or have gone through the same things. Using your own personal experience on how you reacted isn't always accurate because as state above not everyone is the same
 
Cyberbulling is real, and oftentimes anonymity allows for stronger versions of cruelty to be said. With social media and images circulating people can also bring photos of the person or gossip about them online to have more of a reach than just at school as well. It's a real thing and is a real issue.
 
Bullying is real and the internet is also real . People use the internet to bully others is also real , hence cyber bullying is real .

Closing ones eyes wont take back what others have said , over time it may accumulate and some people may reach their breaking point who may either try to commit suicide or succeed in doing so .
Not everyone is the same and have the same breaking point or have gone through the same things. Using your own personal experience on how you reacted isn't always accurate because as state above not everyone is the same

Well in either case, our society has slowly begun to not really know how to cope with criticism be it destructive or constructive. I also think that people are lumping a lot of different people in the internet into a bully. Trolls for example, you got like every other person here trolling but I don't think I would call them a bully.
 
Well in either case, our society has slowly begun to not really know how to cope with criticism be it destructive or constructive. I also think that people are lumping a lot of different people in the internet into a bully. Trolls for example, you got like every other person here trolling but I don't think I would call them a bully.

are you suggesting that telling someone to kill themselves is criticism ? Trolling and bullying are under the same category as the techniques a troll is using is that of a bully.
 
are you suggesting that telling someone to kill themselves is criticism ? Trolling and bullying are under the same category as the techniques a troll is using is that of a bully.

So then you think that like every other dude on this forum is a bully then?
 
Christ, if I'd killed myself over every unkind word on the internet, I'd have won the Prize by now.
 
Do any of the things you mentioned after a computer sit on top of your desk, inside your bag, or your back pocket? Do they have on off switches? I'm not denying bullying is a real thing and an issue that needs dealt with, but I think in the instance of bullying online, it's not as serious as most people make it out to be.

And you think it's easy for people who use the internet as their primary way of socialising, being entertained, and gathering information can just switch it off?
 
Does it matter? How can you tell, really? I mean -- if you could stop just one suicide or one school shooting by stopping cyberbullying, wouldn't you? And if you answer no, what if the child who was being bullied, and was being pushed to the edge, was a child in your child's school?


If crazy person gets on the internet because she didn't take her pills the night before no, I don't think anyone on her facebook who she screams at in posts and then jumps off a bridge or goes out and shoots, no I do not think random people on facebook are responsible for that. I think that person shouldn't be legally allowed internet access or should be in prison for their own good. Prison is better than random people getting killed by the little lunatic all because he/she forgot to take her pills and hopped online and watched some leftist video about school bullies. That person needs to be locked up for their own safety. (Most eventually are).
 
If crazy person gets on the internet because she didn't take her pills the night before no, I don't think anyone on her facebook who she screams at in posts and then jumps off a bridge or goes out and shoots, no I do not think random people on facebook are responsible for that. I think that person shouldn't be legally allowed internet access or should be in prison for their own good. Prison is better than random people getting killed by the little lunatic all because he/she forgot to take her pills and hopped online and watched some leftist video about school bullies. That person needs to be locked up for their own safety. (Most eventually are).

Are you saying that you think that people who have mental illness should be sent to prison?? Seriously? Way to blame the victim here.

And you didn't qualify what level of mental illness should require incarceration. Should someone with ADHD be sent to prison because they forgot to take their pills? Anxiety? Alzheimers? At what level do you think people should be incarcerated over a mental illness?
 
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