The Political Hat

     Real bullying is beyond contempt.  Physically harming or psychologically harassing someone who just wants out ought to be stopped.  It turns out, however, that anti-Bullying programs actually make bullying worse:

“University of Texas at Arlington criminologist Seokjin Jeong analyzed data collected from 7,000 students from all 50 states.

“He thought the results would be predictable and would show that anti-bullying programs curb bullying. Instead — he found the opposite.

“Jeong said it was, ‘A very disappointing and a very surprising thing. Our anti-bullying programs, either intervention or prevention does not work.’

“The study concluded that students at schools with anti-bullying programs might actually be more likely to become a victim of bullying. It also found that students at schools with no bullying programs were less likely to become victims.”

No, it does not come as a surprise.  The study concludes that anti-bullying programs ‘actually teach students different bullying techniques — and even educate about new ways to bully through social media and texting.'”

     It goes far beyond that, though.  A perfect example can be seen by the following “anti-bullying” commercial:

     The only “bullies” were the anti-bullying advocates.  Wanting to have lunch amongst your friends, and those you have choose to, does not “bully” everyone else.  Not interacting the way that “anti-bullying” advocates want is not bullying.  On the contrary, we can see how “anti-bullying” programs can actually encourage people to “bully,” or perhaps more accurately fight back.  If you are put upon and forced to be “friends” with people you don’t want to be friends with, you might very well build up resentment, or even outright hate.  Perhaps that is the real reason why anti-bullying programs are such a pathetic failure.

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