Question of the Day: Day 54
How would you respond if you saw a person bullying someone else and your friends were laughing and encouraging it?
posted by Michelle at 9:01 AM
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posted by Michelle at 9:01 AM
10 Comments:
I would tell my friends thats not all right and tell the bully to stop.
It's sad because my friends bully people all the time and when they do I tell them that they are really low for picking on people just because they like drama. I tell them that they are no better so they will understand that bulling people is not okay with me.
I would like to try to say I would go and help and tell them they need to think they to leave that person alone and pick on some one who can defend themself.
i have seen this before. its not nice. i would tell people to stop laughing, by saying what if that was you getting beat up!? and try my best to ward off the violence. but saying that, how do you avoid getting caught in the middle when intervene?
tough one.
I would have to look at the people that I'm hanging out with and decide if their friendship is something I really need. I would tell them to stop and walk away.
I would help that person out or tell a grown up right away and if my friend is laughing then i would say "that's not funny." Then i would say would if that was you and i was laughing at you it wouldn't be funny.
I hope I would stop them. i really do. I am pretty sure I have that strength of character. Although in situations like that in the past, I have tended to just change the subject, or draw the insults onto myself.
I have seen this. I usually tell them it's not cool. I have also stepped into the middle of the situation and, because of my size and how I carry myself, it's almost always enough to put an immediate end to it.
My friends don't do these kinds of things. Those that used to are no longer friends of mine.
Being bullied is tough on trusting others in the future and should be stopped by proper authorities ie. teachers, principles, parents.
That being said, I think that children should be educated first on what bullying is and understand the consequences and what actions to take if someone is bullied.
I am not answering the question am I. If I saw bullying happening I would be very angry with them and then I would calm down and tell them to stop because it isn't just the person you are bullying that is getting hurt but themselves because they are dealing with issues the wrong way.
I do not like bulling and would try to put a stop to it.
I would also tell the people laughing that I was very disappointed in their participation. I, too, would have to really think about what "friend" means to me and if that was what I wanted in my friends.
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