I just read a bullying comment. Not on my blog, but on a blog I follow. I read the blog post and found it quite interesting – nothing offensive about it. Merely someone posing a question. Read / don’t read. Follow / don’t follow. But Why would someone gain pleasure in leaving a horrible, mean, sarcastic comment? Does it make them feel better? Give them a rush? I don’t get it. And especially, and I don’t mean to offend, when it is a man being disrespectful to a woman. Men have always had the physical advantage over women. They always will have. So be nice about it. Us women have to play amongst the lions every single day, and hope we don’t get attacked.
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Society, in general, has always deemed that women are subservient to men. Although I believe this to be far from the truth, the general consensus supports it. Bullying will always be an issue. It’s in our nature. It’s how we deal with it that means the most. Thanks for taking the time to post this. We all can use a reminder from time to time. Cheers 🙂
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Thank you. What is true is that most men have the physical power to dominate over women. I don’t think that will change soon. So even if we are mean to men, it is with the knowledge that we could be squashed like a fly! Or our necks wrung. Or whatever. Thank you for commenting!
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The downside of human nature creeps in everywhere, sadly, need to control, need to prove to be right…who knows? But it is sad to see…even on here…whatever happened to compassion and empathy for ALL of Mankind? Thoughtful post, thank you. Hope all well will you.: >)
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Thank you, it was just such a mean comment. I’ve also had an incident on my blog a few months back and it’s not pleasant. Also a man bullying a woman. All well with me thanks, hope with you too 🙂
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Yes thanks. This happens in Life and when we become confident in our own skin, who we are, being true to ourselves, such incidences we observe but do not give them any more energy by reacting to them…Still sad, I know…
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Some men use other people as ladders. The step on their shoulders so they can stand out. It’s childish.
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Very! Thank you for commenting 🙂
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I’m surprised the spam filters didn’t pick that up. I hope she spammed it.
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No, she approved it, and responded by saying she didn’t know how to reply. It was a deliberate comment against her.
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I have only gotten one slip through but it’s a shame, huh?
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I probably wouldn’t have approved it myself if I felt it was bullying in nature but that is me. You put yourself out there when you write but it is terribly sad to have a bullying comment as a side effect. The desire is to try to silence her and I hope that does not happen! I hope she keeps strong and holds true to her voice.
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Yes, fortunately we are protected for the most part by wordpress. Thank you for commenting 🙂
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While it is understood that some things are definitely not right, one cannot get to what is right by focusing on what is not right. What we feed grows in our experience…
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You are right. There are mostly kind, well-meaning comments, we needn’t pay attention to the single mean one that pops up! Nice thought. 🙂
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