Did we make a mistake with the anti-bullying movement?

I don't think the anti-bullying movement was wrong at all, it is very proper and necessary.

What HAS been an issue is the "who am I to judge" crusade. It dangerously extended into things like art, cultural practices and personal conduct, which SHOULD be judged.

I sadly think our world is playing out exactly the way CS Lewis warned about in his magnificent little book "the abolition of man"

The problem is the moving of what bullying is. Do kids need to get beat on? No. Do they need to get called out if they are a spas? Yes.

Anti bullying movement started out good, then evolved into everything being called “bullying”, And made kids into perpetual victims. These kids missed the life lessons of having to stand up to the bully, or ignore the kids that are immature, or stay away from the mean kids, or don’t be an annoying kid yourself, etc....all very valuable lessons in adulthood. Instead they were encouraged to be a weirdo and anyone that had a problem with it was just mean. So now we have a huge number of adult weirdos that actually want to be victims and actually believe they are.

I would agree along with the lack of discipline. As a kid, getting slapped on my arse by my dad's hand, I learned real quick what the repercussions were for acting up. Maybe my parents knew something after all...

Maybe not a mistake exactly but maybe the wrong approach to the problem? I don’t know how to fix it though.

In my opinion, somewhere along the way parents/ teachers stopped teaching the old saying, “sticks and stones may break my bones but words will never hurt me.” I feel old saying this, especially since I’m not old, but kids these days (This includes a lot of adults now I suppose) seem to let name calling and what is now probably called verbal abuse affect them so much they can’t cope.

Not that I’m advocating for bullying or anything but I do think there are instances in bullying where both parties end up better people in the long run. Whether it’s the bully learns talking to people a certain way isn’t kosher in the real world or the kid getting bullied learns that sometimes in life people suck and you have to get over it - the latter is something that hasn’t been taught by anyone in a very long time in my opinion.

In today’s environment it seems like the person who gets bullied ends up having the country - especially if it’s videoed - label said bully for life to ruin them thus, the kid getting bullied grows up with a victim mentality and lashes out at everyone.

You can’t blame this on me. I’ve thrown more kids into lockers and dumpsters than damn near anybody else that ever lived. I did it for them. I helped those kids build more character than there deadbeat parents ever did

Getting bullied a little bit as an adolescent builds character and develops social skills. Parents today think they can protect little Billy and Suzie from the harshness of the real world. All they are really doing is creating thin-skinned pussies unprepared for adult life.

Problen was zero tolerance for fighting. Even ones being bullied would get in trouble for fighting back.