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Iggo

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103. Yes.

Reply to cynatnite (Original post)

Mon May 14, 2012, 09:28 AM

May 2012

And I have also been a bully.

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Have you ever been bullied? [View all] cynatnite May 2012 OP

Starting from about 4th grade rox63 May 2012 #1

Nothing that could remotely be considered bullying, but.... northoftheborder May 2012 #2

As a fat gay kid SoutherDem May 2012 #3

So many bullies called me gay, that it was assumed. Schoolwide. WingDinger May 2012 #4

I took it until they started on my friends. lapislzi May 2012 #5

I was the nerdy autistic kid who was constantly emotionally bullied and humiliated. Odin2005 May 2012 #6

YES invictus May 2012 #7

Teased, yes. Bullied?... KansDem May 2012 #8

Only a few times. I fought back, and it stopped. MineralMan May 2012 #9

You must have gone to a kinder, gentler school system than I Rittermeister May 2012 #33

Same here DiverDave May 2012 #102

Teased until I cried....not sure if that would be called bullying livetohike May 2012 #10

Um, that was 'bullying' in my book and I'm sorry you had to put with it - n/t coalition_unwilling May 2012 #43

Thanks livetohike May 2012 #59

I could write a book about parents (father) who dismissed my coalition_unwilling May 2012 #67

Thank you livetohike May 2012 #74

Yup that is nadinbrzezinski May 2012 #51

Uber-Smart, shy, chubby redhead here ... Myrina May 2012 #72

I'm sorry XanaDUer May 2012 #88

Yes,I was bullied Flashmann May 2012 #11

I was a fat kid and always was teased. I tried to blend in and not speak up. I had 1 or 2 friends southernyankeebelle May 2012 #12

Was bullied from 6th grade through my freshman year in high school. Then I, too, snapped and coalition_unwilling May 2012 #13

Oh yes meeksgeek May 2012 #14

Yes. Many times. Zorra May 2012 #15

Yes get the red out May 2012 #16

Yes, I was a fat kid Worried senior May 2012 #17

There was one year a group tried to bully me. jobycom May 2012 #18

Many times, but I always fought back even if the bully was older and a lot taller aint_no_life_nowhere May 2012 #19

Same here. Nobody bothered me again after I came back a couple years later and decked two of them. leveymg May 2012 #20

Shortest kid in class = easy target for bullies. Speck Tater May 2012 #21

It took me a long time to like him after that song. n/t cynatnite May 2012 #22

Is it too late to tell you Dyedinthewoolliberal May 2012 #92

I know, but i'm a short person and I was 12 at the time.... cynatnite May 2012 #101

I was the skinny girl with eyeglasses and weird hand-me-down clothes LiberalEsto May 2012 #23

I was the fat girl with the glasses and the thrift store clothes rox63 May 2012 #24

Yes and I fought back. zappaman May 2012 #25

From 4th grade up... Behind the Aegis May 2012 #26

As a kid suffering with anxiety I was bullied madokie May 2012 #27

Yes. My parents were well educated and so they spoke "proper" English, not the local dialect.. truebrit71 May 2012 #28

Unfortunately, yes. Tracer May 2012 #29

I don't take crap from anybody. davsand May 2012 #30

Me too! RedCappedBandit May 2012 #38

A couple of years ago I had a guy in my office who called me a harelip. davsand May 2012 #45

Yes tabbycat31 May 2012 #31

None of us will ever forget. n/t cynatnite May 2012 #32

I have a theory.... unkachuck May 2012 #34

So, bullying is just fine. Well, you're wrong. radicalliberal May 2012 #76

"Pure baloney." unkachuck May 2012 #96

Yep, for being too smart, too pretty, too different. MrSlayer May 2012 #35

Yes I have jorno67 May 2012 #36

No but there were attempts. mmonk May 2012 #37

Yes. Very geeky. treestar May 2012 #39

yes, i was verbally bullied a lot. Scout May 2012 #40

Yep. Started fighting back. Edweird May 2012 #41

I broke a bully's nose once...in high school. AsahinaKimi May 2012 #47

when I was six or seven rufus dog May 2012 #42

I was called ugly, nose, fairy and queer magical thyme May 2012 #44

Daily Marrah_G May 2012 #46

yes. it lives with you forever. ibegurpard May 2012 #48

No. One guy tried to an asshole to me the first week at a new high school, but I fucked his shit up Ikonoklast May 2012 #49

The too-smart shy kid with the coke bottle glasses LadyHawkAZ May 2012 #50

Yup...all the way to High school when I changed schools nadinbrzezinski May 2012 #52

Yes. DevonRex May 2012 #53

By a teacher in high school who, without my knowledge, shared a story I wrote with LibDemAlways May 2012 #54

This message was self-deleted by its author devilgrrl May 2012 #55

Nothing too major JonLP24 May 2012 #56

My daughter was being bullied by a girl a school cherish44 May 2012 #57

Yes, I went to a private school with kids whose parents had lots of money Raine May 2012 #58

Yes - I was the fat kid, but I also bullied nadine_mn May 2012 #60

I was small for my age and wore 2nd hand clothes annonymous May 2012 #61

Yes. And the interesting thing is, Chorophyll May 2012 #62

Even though the things I did are beyond statutes of limitations, I cannot post them slackmaster May 2012 #63

Yup but it helped make me who I am today... Cave_Johnson May 2012 #64

So you think you would not be who you are because someone bullied you? cynatnite May 2012 #66

I know I wouldn't be... Cave_Johnson May 2012 #71

When I fought back against a kid who was bullying me deutsey May 2012 #65

How many DUers know that "fighting back" these days means you are expelled from school? riderinthestorm May 2012 #68

Yeah, more and more schools are explicitly forbidding self-defense Posteritatis May 2012 #80

My niece carries pepper spray to school. She's been mercilessly bullied her entire school career riderinthestorm May 2012 #91

+1000. HughBeaumont May 2012 #93

Riding the school bus was horrible. Lars39 May 2012 #69

YES, as a teenager and I still remember the name of the bully. nt mfcorey1 May 2012 #70

Yes, starting in the 1st grade (nt) varelse May 2012 #73

7th and 8th grade were pure Hell . . . tilsammans May 2012 #75

But not by children, to speak of. Control-Z May 2012 #77

Yes - through quite a few phases of my life. Initech May 2012 #78

I was a nerdy late bloomer two years younger than her classmates. LeftyMom May 2012 #79

Yes. At 14, four older boys beat me senseless. cliffordu May 2012 #81

Yes. All throughout my school years, up until college. Jamaal510 May 2012 #82

Yes. Wasn't fun. Wasn't scarred. Saw it as a passage. Skip Intro May 2012 #83

Because it's just that easy, right? (nt) Posteritatis May 2012 #87

Oh, in HS, constantly. HughBeaumont May 2012 #84

In 10th grade, the worst year of school for me. Jennicut May 2012 #85

I was the tallest kid all through elementary school blueamy66 May 2012 #86

Sure. I was a skinny, new kid in school. I was picked on nearly every day. nt Ilsa May 2012 #89

Yeah - not very much, but I have been. Dash87 May 2012 #90

a tiny bit. about age 10, a larger girl focused on me for some reason, would push & hit me. one day Liberal_in_LA May 2012 #94

Yep... K & R !!! WillyT May 2012 #95

No (nt) bigwillq May 2012 #97

Everyone has at some point BrownianNotion May 2012 #98

Yes, but at least once in my life I was the bully. I was also an idiot at the time. jwirr May 2012 #99

Yeah, I was bullied. Oddly enough, I actually became friends with him. sakabatou May 2012 #100

Yes. Iggo May 2012 #103

Can't really say Xyzse May 2012 #104

In freaking college of all places. ieoeja May 2012 #105

Yes Jack Rabbit May 2012 #106

Nope. And, I Wasn't A Bully Either ProfessorGAC May 2012 #107

My freshman year at the private high school that I went to for two years Tommy_Carcetti May 2012 #108

Started in the 7th grade Mad-in-Mo May 2012 #109