meeting an @sshole online isn't new, and people should expect it more so on the internet then in person, thanks to internet anonymity.
having to be constantly harassed whether by some bully you don't know online, or someone at - say school - who is still harassing you online. should not be put up with, nor should those being harassed be told to simply 'grow a thicker skin'.
It's not a case of over-sensitivity.
Constantly harassing people, will get to them. and we know that some awful things have already happened.
and maybe it's just me, but i have a hard time even empathizing with such bullies, why do they feel need to act such a way?
from what i gather it's some moral character deficiency, or some misplaced righteousness.
I know people say people are weak nowadays, and to some extent i see what those people are saying. Still the point stands, generations ago, people didn't have the internet, or cells. once upon a time people had to deal with each other face to face, and with that - even if you were being bullied - was a tleast some chance of reprecussions from authority figures (be it parents, teachers, or even strangers who see the BS going down).
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