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Politics : The Bigot Thread -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: redfish who wrote (3)	4/16/2004 3:10:19 PM
From: epicure	Respond to of 740

Many adults still remember and carry the wounds from name calling- which is often associated with bullying. Subject 54883 Congratulations on having come through without being hurt- not everyone does, because we are all different, and different people experience different levels of harassment.

To: redfish who wrote (3)	4/16/2004 8:12:59 PM
From: epicure	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 740

How about tormenting someone because of a disability? How would you feel about that? bullyinginstitute.org b.) Men targets were more likely(& showed a statistically significant greater likelihood) than women targets to be recipients of the following tactics: Tormented because of disability, 26% of men vs. 18% of women Threatened with physical harm, 21% vs. 12% Name calling in the workplace: men 48% vs.women 35% I think people who think namecalling is ok, because they got through it, are part of the overall problem. That's like a successful hazing candidate saying hazing is "ok" because he got through unscathed. Just because someone makes it through a traumatic experience, does not make inflicting the experience ok. People survive beatings, and bullying, but I hope most reasonable people agree these are not things society should view with equanimity. Opprobrium should attach to bad behavior, at the very least- that's not a first amendment issue- I'm not saying we shut up adult bigoted name callers by using the power of the state, I think that's too repressive (although at school, in a learning environment, I think we have to). I am however ok with keeping the burning of crosses on lawns, and the desecration of religious places, as hate crimes. I think there is a huge difference between spoken hate and verbalized hate- although they clearly feed in to each other, and are both dangerous.