Posted by Toph on May 6, 2013, at 10:30:36
In reply to Re: feeling powerless, posted by Dr. Bob on May 3, 2013, at 23:45:03
> > When you list my posts like this it makes me feel a little like a bully. Then I think of the posters who this individual has upset over the years and I feel less so.
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> > Toph
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> Thank you for sharing that. You felt less like a bully, or more justified in bullying?
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> Those who see others being bullied, or are bullied themselves, can start to feel justified in bullying others. If you felt more justified in bullying, you may have experienced firsthand how that can happen. And you may now be able to feel more empathy for bullies.
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> Not that empathy is the answer to everything.
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> --I never felt bullied by this poster. I know how lithium has saved my life; and though I may have caused someone to be offended by something I said, I am certain that I am not anti-semetic. So I am unfazed by his agenda. I have been blocked after getting entangled with him a couple times, but that was years ago. I have little patience for his obsessions and his apparent refusal to accept that he offends people. Can you bully a bully?
I like Dinah's suggestion. Posts on the med board should be limited to information, personal experience, side effects regarding a medication. All other rants about medication should go on the new Great Deception Board.
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