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A little "good" bullying?

Tuesday, May 25th, 2010

Hateful, despicable people often act as apologists for bullies. For instance, corporate attorney Jeff Tannenbaum from Littler Mendelson long ago told the SF Business Times that some people deserve a “little good bullying.” He probably meant to use fear to motivate. That was a foolish thing to say. I ran across a new essay by Anthony Tiatorio (read the May 25 article) in which he thoughtfully represented the stop-student-bullying initiatives as failed. He quoted our WBI national survey prevalence and understood some of the less well-known findings. His conclusion: “the message is unmistakable, ‘get used to it;’ it’s a way of life in this culture.”

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