Is It Really a Bullying Crisis?
8th May 2012
I remember being bullied when I was a kid, but no one considered it a crisis then. I just did the healthy thing and put a hard shell around my feelings while developing a seething bitterness toward the world.
Has bullying really gotten worse? Maybe kids have just gotten sissier.
Actually, the real bullying crisis is the bullying on the part of ‘activist’ groups and their Big Brother, the government. ‘You’d better do it my way, or my brother will beat you up!’
We’re far removed from the days when children entertained themselves by shooting each other in the face with BB guns; childhood is now all about safety, being attuned to our emotions and avoiding peanut allergies.
This isn’t good for the country. Think: When Elvis was drafted, he at least looked capable of holding a rifle; you can’t say the same about Justin Bieber.
And there you have it.
May 8th, 2012 at 13:02
Logic fallacy: Appeal to Tradition. “That’s the way it’s always been,” is not a sufficient argument to maintain the status quo.
As they say in AA, “If you do what you’ve always done, you’ll get what you’ve always gotten.”