In no world is this ok. In no world is any type of bullying ok. But I am so tired of hearing people telling others to just "suck it up" because it's just online. It's not "IRL" (in real life, for those non-savvy acronym folks) so it doesn't matter.
That simply isn't true. If it isn't "real life," then what is it? There's a fake life we can live? That's news to me.
People who have had online relationships, for instance; do you honestly think they would ever say that their relationship wasn't at all real and that there were zero feelings involved? That they're simply living a fake life? Tell that to all the people who have found relationships online, and then began dating or got married.
The point is, if you are one of those people, you are the type of person I hope my children are lucky enough to avoid. It's people who cyberbully (and "regular" bully) that I am most terrified for for my kids. I know what it's like. I also know what it's like to be that person who does the bullying and looking back on it and feeling like complete crap for having done so. Don't be that person. It's not worth it for anyone.
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