Saturday, March 21, 2015

CYBER-BULLYING BY PARENTS

Teenage cyber-bullying has gotten out of hand. A recent Ted Talk, given by Monica Lewinski called it to our attention in a big way. She is a celebrity, which helps to give her message notoriety. Talk show hosts are discussion the subject at length and pointing out statistics concerning suicides and illustrating poignant antidotes as told by the unfortunate victim of the practice. Those who are doing the bullying look at themselves as being superior to those they are bullying, which is implicit in what they are saying. They often suggesting the are big tough fist swinging guys or if it is a female as being dainty, pretty girls. Of course, they can say anything they wish because they are hiding behind the anonymity of the internet. The “talking heads” on the TV screen carefully explain that the anonymity is why the do this. I find the entire scene interesting.  

A classic video clip repeatedly seen  on TV depicts a teenager bent over a table preparing to sniff cocaine and his father at the door saying, “Where did you learn to do that?” The boy answers, “From watching you Dad, from watching you!” Think about that for a minute. Are parents the ones who are guilty of cyber-bullying and are their children learning from them? The knee-jerk response is, of course not. When I examine the political scene in the United States that is not what I see implied; much of it is not anonymous, but it is still vicious, hurtful bullying.

Cyber-bullying has taken it to a new level. In fact, it has taken over our political world. I read as much as I can take of +Personal Liberty Digest. A strange phenomenon has taken place over the past six to eight years; the authors of the articles are catching up to the comments in terms of viciousness rather than the other way around. Over time, the authors seem to be learning from the anonymous bullying by the readers and are feeding into it. The articles are starting to catch up to the viciousness of the sentiments expressed in the comment on those articles. It has become a vicious never-ending cycle of cyber bullying. I will cite several comments to make my point, all from just one article published in Personal Liberty Digest. You can know it is bullying because they are all ad hominem, and there is not one fact based statement in all of the comments.  The parallel with teenage cyber bullying should be obvious.

I will cite several comments to make my point, all from just one article published in Persona Liberty Digest;   

He is the biggest piece of GARBAGE EVER WASHED UP ON AMERICAN SOIL!

IMPEACH HIM, DRAG HIS TRAITOR BUTT OUT OF OUR WHITEHOUSE,    AND GIVE US AN AMERICAN PRESIDENT.

Obama was put here as a child, even though born in Kenya according to his living uncles.

Obama's excessive use of Executive Order as a way to by-pass the Constitution of the United States is alone enough to impeach him, as he should have been in his first four years.

How did this COMMUNIST ever get elected???

I wonder how many people here would cheer if somebody attempted to assassinate Barrack Obama?

Are you prepared to accept that teenagers wrote these comments? Did the parents of teenagers write them? The bigger question is who is learning from whom?

Yes, cyber-bullying is bad, and you should stop it. The hate for Obama is without foundation, and it all starts in your living room.


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