Bullying, cyber or otherwise

[Katie]

Originally Posted by BubblyShell22

Yeah, I think bullies are people who have low self-esteem themselve or have been picked on as well, so they do it to battle their own depression of being picked it. It's sort of the, "You picked on me, I'm going to do it back" mentality. The thing is, it doesn't help when you stoop to their level.

I don't belive that bullies generally have low self esteem. I bet if you asked some kid why he or she was picking on some other kid the answer would be "because everyone else does". Groupthink. People are generally sheep who will go along with whatever everyone else does. (That's also a pretty primal thing.....especially for a species that evolved from animals that live in groups)

The groupthink thing is something that bothers me a lot about people. I wish we as a species could evolve to the point that it was ok to think for yourself instead of just going with whatever your immediate group is doing. You better believe I'm teaching my kids to make up their own minds.