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Bullies, as adults, generally abuse their authority. If you stand for excellence and have some success you will attract the attention of bullies. It has been my experience that bullies hate a good success story but despise the successful more for the attention and admiration of others than their success. The heroes of myths, Bible stories, and legends are often victims of the drummed up accusations of bullies. Apparently, most ancient cultures were gravely concerned with bullies in everyday adult life.

Here are several tells that a bully's complaint against you is a witch hunt rather than legitimate complaint:

1. You are singled out after publicity.

2. Many interviews are held and are fishing expeditions of your weaknesses.

3. In these interviews, there are two types of witnesses, those that routinely support the bully and those that are intimidated and gladly rat out their neighbor to get the bully to leave their doorstep.

4. The interviews are one sided.

(It is widely known that the bully and their cohorts have immunity for much more corruption. Interrogations do not happen for them. Romance, money and power are often a triangular core. The bully often is a mistress of the ruler in the stories)

5. The bully often will intimidate and harasses the friends and family who would give the moral support to the victim.

6. It makes no financial sense for the bully to waste so many resources pointing out your minor faults.

It makes sense to do whatever it takes to rid yourself of an organization that allows one to be bullied.

I wonder if the moral implication of the ancient stories is correct, that rampant bullying is a subtle sign of an empire or emperors impending sudden chaotic demise…


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  1. Jeff Watson on November 2, 2012 12:14 pm

    There have been print bullies from the day after the Gutenberg press was placed in service. Print bullies are still bullies, and have the same weak spots as any playground bully. Respond quickly, thoughtfully, have a game plan, be surgically efficient, bring a metaphorical gun to a knife fight, and make that bully wish he never chose you. Also, a heightened response will scare off other bullies, just like it did in 6th grade homeroom.

  2. Georg Cantor on November 2, 2012 1:03 pm

    The GOP is bullied all the time by Democrats, Hollywood liberals, and the liberal media. Is this bullying a subtle sign of the liberals’ impending sudden chaotic demise?

  3. Alan on November 13, 2012 1:37 am

    You see this a lot with the “Merchants of Chaos”, also known as the entities who profit from misfortune. Media outlets, reporters, pharmaceutical companies, law enforcement, etc. There are the merchants of chaos who spread news of death, disease, and misfortune in order to secure their positions of power.

    An example of this would be pharmaceutical companies; the more disease and disorders that are rampant, the more pills they can sell. They then turn the black lines into grey areas when diagnosing “disorders” in order to profit more.

    However, like any industry, there are good and bad people. Not everyone in the industry of media, pharmaceuticals, or enforcement are bad. Though bullies tend to flock to these industries because of the leverage it gives them to “bully.”

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