The news is full of bully stories lately as if it were something new. There were bullies in school when I was young and we learned to deal with them. Face to face, bullies stand the chance of retribution. I remember one big, mean kid picked on smaller individuals, so two teamed up to whip him. He was a model citizen after that.
Some truck drivers are bullies. These "knights of the road" will push you right out of the passing lane if you don't move over for them. I followed one into a rest area one time after such an encounter. A puny little 160 pound, bent-over, hemorrhoid-ridden, twerp got out of that big truck. Instead of acting like a bully and putting his hemorrhoids back where they belong, I just told him what I thought of him.
Cyber bullies are a new phenomenon. Instead of a big truck, they sit anonymously behind a computer keyboard knowing their targets can't get at them. They're conspicuous in the social media and on industry bulletin boards. Yellow bellied cowards would be a better choice of words to describe these creeps instead of bullies.
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