| Early in Obama's presidency, my wife told me about a revelation she had about Obama coming home when he was a child, crying about the way he was treated at school.After this, the Obama administration had its anti-bullying initiative in school. Bush's deal was No Child Left Behind. Now, the initiative is anti-bullying. Gay rights is presented as a bullying issue. Bully this. Bully that. We hear about cyber-bullying. You hear about bullying on talk shows and the news. We hear a lot about bullying. Obama's initiative has effected our culture. I've got a question about bullying. I wouldn't like to hear, Oh poor, Link and someone talking to me like I was 2 years old. It may work on a 2-year-old, but most boys probably wouldn't like that kind of comfort after first grade. It feels like you are being mocked and demeaned, and if you say that to a grown man or woman, it will be taken that way.As a child, I felt that same way about saying I was 'bullied.' Maybe if I were little and the guy were a teenager, I wouldn't mind them saying that. If someone said a bigger kid 'bullied' me, that would make sense. But I wouldn't want to say some little boy or some little girl at school 'bullied' me. It sounds kind of demeaning.If I hear some man say some girl on the Internet 'bullies' him, to me that sounds kind of self-depricating. It's like he'd be okay with people saying to him, Oh poor Johnny. The little girl bullied him on the Internet.Does anyone else find it strange how people often describe themselves as being bullied? Does it sound like people are talking as if they have little self-respect?Of course, small things are called 'bullying' nowadays. If Trump gets in there, I predict the whole anti-bullying culture will be turned on it's head. Presidents do have influence on the culture |