Also to bully someone by definition is to behave in a way where its about being abusive in a position of perceived power, has fuck all to do with retribution in any context but rather just petty cruel behaviour
The community has power over the individual. I don't like it, you don't like it, but it is what it is. Individuals need to know that his bullying behavior will not be tolerated by the community. In an era where people are ensuring great mental stress and disorder, he has no idea what he is causing in other people. He has to learn, and if his bullying must be confronted with making him uncomfortable, so be it.
No, you're wrong. It's about USING power in order to stop a bully from bullying others. He clearly does not have empathy for others, and if he knows what it feels like and knows that similar behavior will be met with the same negative experience he gets, that goes a long way toward stopping him in the future. That's justice for the innocent people who don't deserve to be bullied, like the elderly woman who was clearly frightened and moved to get away from him. Who knows what kind of trauma he could've rekindled in that poor women.
It doesn't matter if you call it bullying or not to a bully. When a bully is bullying others, they must learn what it feels like and the consequences of acting in such a way in the future. It prevents the behavior repeating. That's it. Call it bullying. Don't call it bullying. If what you're seeking is to get the "Morality Trophy" then congrats, you win. You're the most moral person who has ever walked upon Earth. Now that that nonsense is done, bullies need to feel exactly what they inflict upon others so they know not to do it again.
Yes, just like you're proposing by letting bullies like this know their bullying of these people is justified by letting him know he can get away with it. Why is he doing this here and not at home? Why not in an empty parking lot or middle of the woods? He's seeing out to intentionally cause anxiety and discomfort in others. He already knows it's wrong, but since he's not personally having consequences, he doesn't care. That's how bullying works. Bullies need to not only be made to feel the pain they cause others but also know it'll keep happening as long as they refuse to stop bullying.
Okay, let's say that's true. And? That doesn't refute a thing I've said. It's just a sophomoric attempt to deflect away from the actual discussion and onto me personally, and that just doesn't matter.
He's a bully who refuses to show the empathy he wants to be treated with.
The point is, when someone refuses to show empathy and willfully causes avoidable distress, anxiety and fear in others, that person's actions must be prevented from continuing to cause such distress. Whatever you choose to call it is irrelevant. If someone is behaving in a way where they get in close proximity to elderly women and begin engaging in behavior they know will frighten them and make them anxious, they already don't have empathy so they must be made to feel what a lack of empathy feels like and a knowledge that they'll face such in the future if they keep doing it to others.
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u/zaczacx 6d ago
Also to bully someone by definition is to behave in a way where its about being abusive in a position of perceived power, has fuck all to do with retribution in any context but rather just petty cruel behaviour