Bring Back Bullying?

 I saw a video about this this morning. Some chick was talking into her camera saying that we need to bring back bullying. I dunno about that. I hate bullies. I generally don't like people who harass others for fun. But I do agree with her example, when she said "What do you mean you're a dog?" and "What do you mean you're a cat?" That is silly! Now, I used to know kids that went to middle school and high school with me, and some of them acted like dogs and cats. I'd often hear them meow and bark. I never said anything, because I just assumed that was a part of their personality. This was back in the 1980s though. It was rare to find someone who wanted to be an animal. Though I must admit, being a lemur might be a lot of fun! But I am not a lemur. I just like them. I never told those kids who barked and meowed around me about that because I figured they wouldn't be smart enough to know what a lemur is. The Madagascar movie was not out yet back then.

Back in the 80s, I knew a few gays, one person who genuinely had gender dysphoria, all on top of those kids who would bark like dogs and meow like cats. Back then, that was unusual. There were drag queens, but they mostly just performed in night clubs. I believed that one person I knew who had gender dysphoria, because it wasn't socially accepted then. Who is going to actually admit something like that when it's not widely accepted? These days, people would shit on you for saying you don't like trannies before they'd do anything to you for saying you don't like their family. Of course, back then they were called transvestites. The words "gender dysphoria" did not exist then. But the fact nowadays people get viciously angry at anyone for telling a trans-"woman" he's not really a woman, has caused it to become socially acceptable, to a fault. That's why there are so many fake trans people today. That's why I have a tough time believing anyone today when they tell me they have gender dysphoria. More often, they are just grown men (or women) who don't want to stop being babied!

I heard this woman mention Back to the Future, where Michael J. Fox's character was bullied. I never saw that movie, but the woman said the bully turned out to be the hero in that movie. There's a lot of downsides to bullying as well. I was bullied in school as a child. It taught me nothing but to hate people. I was slightly chunky in middle school, but the bullies went around acting like I was carrying 3000 lbs in my belly!!!! But I also remember in 3rd grade being called "skinny" by the same kids who later called me "fat". And I didn't do anything to deserve any of that. I mostly just stayed away from kids that I knew did not like me, and didn't want to talk to anyone until I was positive they were harmless. That rarely happened. My suspicions about most of the kids in that school were spot on! But there were also kids I semi-trusted, and would hang out with them, for no other reason other than there was no one else I felt comfortable hanging around. But even one of those kids I put the slightest amount of trust in betrayed me once before. I never forgave her after that. Even though later on, I would forgive the person she used as a weapon against me.

Because of all that, I suck at trying to get along with people. I warn everyone beforehand that I am not a people-person. Some days I am OK with people. Other days I don't want to see any other person, except family, and I avoid them like the plague. Not because I hate them. But because I just don't want to see other people at that moment. I need a break from them. No matter how much I may like said person. That's what bullying did to me. If you're going to bring back bullying, I must say be very careful that the bullied person doesn't start acting like me. And I've seen some bullied kids get even worse. Some of them become mass killers. I haven't gotten that far, which surprises me a great deal! I think part of the reason I'm not a serial killer is because I take out a lot of my anger in my stories. Back to School, with Lisa and Davy, is one such story. The story is partially based on actual events. I even use real names and likenesses of the students who bullied me in that school. Some of the story is made up, like I was never dragged into the woods and raped by those boys. I just put that in the story for dramatic purposes. I needed to give Lisa's father a good reason to confront those kids for the sake of the story. But Carlos and them throwing rocks and other objects at me, not to play with, but just to bully me with, that was true. And I just never understood why.

That's why I hate bullies. And I see all people as enemies until they prove otherwise. Even then, it's a hit or miss. I may know someone for several years and never once notice any red flags, until that one incident. And once that trust is lost, it's almost impossible to give back. I'm always going to suspect them of conniving against me. That's even happened recently with people I thought were friends and supposedly more mature. And after that last time, I said I was never going to trust strangers again, and now I try to be more distant. So, if you're going to allow bullying again, be VERY careful!!!

Now, I'm not talking about the kind of bullying leftists consider to be bullying. Like telling a man in a dress he's not a woman. That's not even bullying. That's just giving the dude in the dress the facts, and I think that should be done. I mean bullying like kids who are shy and generally don't like people very much, like me. You see a child like that, if you don't have anything nice to say, then don't say anything at all. To the shy kid who endures those kind of bullies every day, don't worry. The right person will come along. I believe GOD puts the right people in our lives when the time is needed. If they're really good people, they will like you no matter what. But not all friendships are meant to last. I believe GOD keeps the people we need in our lives also for as long as we need them. Once HE feels we can get along without them, then they are meant to leave us. That's why I no longer feel anything when I lose a friend, or stop hearing from them. I just figure GOD feels I can do without them. If they are meant to come back into our lives, then they will.

I've had the right person come into my life when it was needed, and then disappear as mysteriously as they came into my life. I think that's what happened with me and Jennifer K. I met her when I was going to the voc school. She was there for me when I needed someone. And then suddenly one day, I called her and never heard back from her again. No explanation, no reason, no nothing. It was like the Earth just opened up and swallowed her. But for 3 years, she was my very best buddy. I got to like her, and trust her a lot. I even liked the guy she was dating, Dirk. Nice fellow, and he was in a band. I was kinda thinking if his band got bigger, maybe I could hear from them again. Jennifer was kinda serious about marrying Dirk. But I haven't even heard of his band since then. If Jennifer ever told me the name of his band, it's long since been forgotten. I thought if I could find Dirk again, maybe I can get back in touch with Jennifer. But I guess not. Like I said, I think she was just in my life as long as GOD felt I needed her. Oh well. HE sets the rules. I don't.