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>>That's a little bit like saying that people shouldn't be nasty, isn't it?
>>Let's have an Anti-Nasty-Behavior parade and boycott all the nasties.
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>OK, I'll make a distinction between name calling and physical force.
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>Name calling is certainly not good. Some people make a choice whether to hurl some nasty slur, or to just keep quiet.
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>There's a difference between a random slur, and organized verbal bullying. I have seen many kids/teens verbally gang up on another kid who is different.
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>In a few cases, it might actually help (helped me to get better at baseball when I was a kid). But more often it has bad side effects when it's a concentrated effort.
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I agree that verbal bullying is nasty, but it's a fact of life.
Spend a month in a GI barracks and you'll hear plenty of it.
Put 20 or so men in a group and they'll find something to taunt someone about.
I always thought it was nasty and avoided it.

Willy Mays said he handled it this way- "Go ahead. Call me N.... I'll just hit it fu'tha"

Yes, the physical stuff is way out of bounds.
I can't believe it still takes place.