My Favorite "Instant Karma" Bully Beatdown Video
This morning one of my favorite Steemians @RobertAndrew had a great post about how to deal with bullies where he discussed how he's torn regarding how to deal with them and whether fathers should encourage their kids to fight back or stand up for themselves.
I think bullying is a huge issue, happiness levels among kids are down, suicide rates are up, it's very sad when these kids who are bullied find their lives so hopeless they think suicide is the only way. Suicide is always sad but it's even more tragic when you see like 8 year old kids doing it.
For that reason I take great joy in watching "instant karma" or "bully beatdown videos. @RobertAndrew 's post made me think of this one which is one of my favorites...
One thing I commented on in Roberts post is that I think it's really cool today that the media, movies, Hollywood is starting to put out the message it's okay to be different. I remember when I was a kid all the 80's and 90's movies featured the cool kids as traditionally cool kids who had nice clothes, were good at sports, etc. I like today how movies like "The Perks of Being a Wallflower" and other movies are making it "cool" to be different and to be yourself. I can't think of other movies off the top of my head but that's a common theme among movies today is that it's okay to be yourslef nad okay to be different and cool isn't just what traditionally has been cool
Honestly, if I was the father of the kid who wears glasses I would tell him to follow through. Would of loved to seen that bully completely laid out. As a dad, I want to teach my son not to back down and I have his back if he defends himself.
I actually liked how the kid didn't go overboard. Sure he could have jumped on the kid and punched his face in but what's the point of that, why hurt someone.
I think that kid who got slammed got the wind knocked out of him, had his pride hurt and I think he learned his lesson and won't be fucking with that kid anymore.
At my primary and intermediate school I can't really remember any bullying and they were in the rougher areas of town but at my high school they were really strict on fighting and you would get kicked out if you were caught fighting. There was a lot more bullying there
I tell my boys, 'If you can walk away, walk away. If you're cornered, make a path however you need to, and walk away'
I think that's great advice. By no means am I a big fan of fighting, 99% of the time its over something stupid thats not worth fighting about. A good friend of mine was paralyzed in high school in a fight over a girl and his promising life was essentially ruined along with a lot of money, lots of pain to him and his family, etc.
I think walking away if at all possible is great advice but like you said if that's not an option protect yourself and stand up for yourself and then walk away.
I so agree with you about kids learning it's ok to be themselves. lol. Revenge of the nerds! The fact that the trauma and stress young people are dealing with is leading kids to commit suicide, or lash out through school shootings. Many of these kids were bullied.
Hey thanks @rulesforrebels for the shout out and the kind words :)
Yeah that is a good one. The kid didn't over do it and hurt him. But did enough to make him experience some pain. Maybe he will wise up after this ;)
It is always great to see a traditional bully beatdown.
One of the fights I remember the most from high school was this bully kept trying to corner this kid that was smaller than him and finally the one kid had enough so he opened up a can of whoop ass and even the teachers thought it was awesome!
Unfortunately they had rules that both would be suspended from school for fighting but personally I always felt there needed to be a self defense rule. It was dumb because if you got your ass beat and were crying then you probably wouldn't get suspended but if you turned the tables on a bully and put him in his place then you were getting suspended.