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In reply to the discussion: Whigs... for a couple years I have written here [View all]The Doctor.
(17,266 posts)Yeah, whatever. There was helpful advice in there along with the message of just what a nasty person she was being to someone who didn't deserve it.
I was bullied for looking 'gay' when I was in high school. I was really pretty and the latent assholes loved to make a target out of me. When I finally found the rage to fight back, I didn't give a damn about 'class' or 'decorum', I just made them cry and wet themselves. Then I started in on those bullying other kids and I found I had a knack for it.
So when I see someone acting like a bully to someone that meant no harm, I will berate them, I will admonish them, I will do whatever it takes to shame them into slinking away like a coward or growing up and apologizing for their behavior.
And you can bet your life I will NEVER apologize for doing so. You're on the side of a bully here. Whatever else her 'redeeming traits' are, she went after someone mercilessly for a spelling error. If you were a real friend to leftymom, you would personally tell her that what she did was wrong and the adult thing to do would be to personally apologize for it.
But I'm not thinking you possess that much class yourself. I'd like you to prove me wrong.
Leftymom has a serious issue with the need to feel superior to others. What I do may seem similar, but you will find it is only directed at people who are deliberately ignorant, dishonest, or jerks. I do so in the vain hope that they will grow up. What Leftymom does is bullying. Her history is replete with making herself sound superior to others not merely by talking about herself, but by putting others down. Like all bullies, she does it out of some very serious insecurity in her life or past.
You should talk to her about that. I'm just glad I did what it took to get her attention. I'm glad we're all on each-other's radar.