I am posting about this because of the video recently posted to Youtube of a bunch of middle
schoolers viciously verbally abusing an elderly woman who happened to be their school bus monitor. This disturbing video is about ten minutes long and if you can bring yourself to watch it, then here it is:
This video has upset me so much. Those are children behaving that way! They are being absolutely disgusting and vile. No human being deserves to be treated that way and I would have hoped that no human being would be so low as to treat someone else that way. But, unfortunately, as we have seen before, some people have gotten it into their tiny, narrow minded heads that bullying people because you don't think they are pretty or worth it is perfectly acceptable. It's done online and it's done to the victim's face. It makes me ashamed of my country. I hate being associated with people like this. The United States is going downhill and the little brats in that video are proof.
Are children today being taught what bullying can do to people? It sure doesn't look like it. Words can kill, people. And they have killed. It doesn't matter who says them. It can be a close acquaintance or a complete stranger. Words are one of the most powerful weapons in the world. Prove that you're mature enough to use them. Bullying people, whether it's on the internet or to their face, is cowardly and all it does it hurt people and make you look like a disgusting, small, horrible, despicable, immature, cruel, human being.
This video is all over the place, it has even made the news. I trust these kids will learn a valuable lesson by being characterized as cruel, violent, disgusting monsters nationwide besides the punishments they will receive at their school and in their own homes. But they totally deserve what they are getting. They deserve worse than what they are getting. They should just take comfort in the fact that they did it to themselves. So, kids, I hope bullying that poor woman, who is a better person and more beautiful than all of you combined, was worth it. Someone needs to teach you young, immature boys what real beauty is. Real beauty, as I have said before, does not lie in how you look, it lies in how you treat others. From that video, you have shown the world how very beautiful that woman is and how monstrously hideous every single one of you boys are. I have never seen such ugly little boys in all my life and I hope I never experience the horror of seeing you again.
I hope the parents realize what a disgrace to America their children are and that they are severely punished for their atrocious behavior. If they were my children, they would be in humongous trouble.
In all honesty, though, I almost feel sorry for the little bullies. They are never going to live this down. They will remember it for the rest of their lives no matter what kind of people they grow up to be. We will all remember this disgusting decision for years and years and to come. They are going to be punished by the school and, hopefully, their parents and they've practically been punished by the media. But that is what happens when you're a jerk to your elders, the people you should be respecting, and post it online.
They are just kids, though, and they were acting like kids. They go to a public school were things like that happen all the time. Who knows why they were picking on this woman. Perhaps they are insecure themselves, perhaps they have been bullied, or maybe they just found it entertaining. I think the reason this happened should be investigated, but they have no excuse for that unacceptable behavior. All children need to know that any sort of bullying is off limits and no matter why you do it, you will suffer the consequences and they will be severe consequences. Bullying is one of the most terrible things that people do and this was some of the worst I have ever seen.
I am horrified and disgusted with this video. Those children, those twelve year old boys, were using language I would hope they wouldn't know. It's a sad thing when you see what society is teaching the younger generation.
Bullying happens far too much. I was hoping I would only make one post about bullying, but I had to say something about this. It makes me so sad because this situation is similar to the one that I was involved in online. I am assuming the people I was arguing with were older than twelve, which almost makes it worse because they were behaving the exact same way to a complete stranger.
I admire that woman, whose name is Karen, so incredibly much. She was hurt so badly by these boys. If you saw the end, one of the little bullies said that her family killed themselves because they didn't want to live with her. This woman's husband has died and I believe one of her children committed suicide. I can't imagine the pain she felt when the cruel children were saying that. I am so happy that the media has taken this too attention because she is now being heard, she is getting a chance to speak and there are people out there raising money for her. It's nice to know that there are still kind and compassionate people out there after seeing a video like this.
In today's society people of all ages bully others and it can be for the simple reason that some people don't think they are attractive. Well, congratulations, bullies. Look what kind of reputation you have built for yourself. Look what people think of you. Not much. Do you really want to be that person?
I recently saw a news clip on the aftermath of this bullying story. It said that a couple of the boys who had been bullying Karen have apologized to her and so have their parents. They showed one of the statements of apologies from one of the kids who had been bullying her I think it sounded very sincere. I am very proud of the kids who have come forward and apologized because that is not an easy thing to do, especially when you have to do it in front of the entire country. They are only twelve.
The sad thing is now they are being bullied. Their whole families are being viciously attacked by some people because of they way they treated the school bus monitor. That disgusts me. You can't fight fire with fire. Bullying little kids is not going to stop bullying. Stop it. Stop bullying those boys, their parents and their siblings. They have been and are still being punished. The school is punishing them their parents are punishing them and the media has also punished them by talking the way they did about them. I'm sure they are all very sorry about what they did. They are only little kids. Twelve years old. They go to a public school were people get bullied every day. It's not like they were being especially cruel and not acting the way children act. No, I don't condone what they did. It was wrong and gross and I still can barely stand to watch children behave in such a low, disgusting way, but bullying back is the wrong thing to do. Anyone who bullies children is behaving no better than the boys did in that video.
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