have been charged, and in the case of michigan, we re talking about a grown man who holds office and is paid by the state of michigan. these aren t kids in a school. no, they re not. i think we really do have to have a campaign about online civility and i think we all have to realize we all have a role to play. but it seems milk toast to talk about online civility when in fact people die. sure. people s lives are shattered. and with traditional bullying people are also at greater risk so it s not surprising that we would see this would occur with cyberbullying as well. but we really need to be talking about how to be good to one another and the bystander role, just as we talk about it with kids or adults who witness bullying behavior. we ve got to step up when we see this online and we need to start having the conversations about what is that conversation when you step up and see it online. i this know either side but this doesn t seem like good human behavior. right.
extreme cases. i think what we have to look at is someone is using their power over someone else. that is a form of bullying behavior. and we do know that traditional traditionally, kids are more likely to be targeted by bullying. i think we re still learning about all the particulars about these cases. however, what we do know is that technology is incredibly powerful. and when we use that power over others, it can really accelerate and amplify the negative behavior and the hurt that someone experiences. there s a couple of issues there. one is you said typically bullying is somebody using their power over someone else. when i was a little kid, bullies were the bigger kids or the most popular kids. that s how they exercise their power over someone else. the internet blurs that line. you don t actually have to be in a position of power. you don t have to be popular. right. you don t have to be physically large or intimidating
to be able to bully someone and cause them harm. correct. because what you have is the power of technology. and that s what allows you to engage in this. so it s what we re looking at is it s hard to defend yourself against this bullying behavior. certainly if someone has a vast, wide audience they re reaching and you re the person being targeted, it s very hard to defend yourself when the reach is so vast. tell me about this. the other thing that i recall from my childhood is if somebody s bullying someone, they sometimes take great gratification in seeing the response they re getting. sometimes that response causes the bully to back off. maybe it s somebody crying. maybe it s somebody looking hurt. maybe it s the fact there s been physical injury so they know to step back. whereas the online bullying, it s unclear to the bully what the outcome is going to be. well, certainly there is the issue of the disinhi bags thbit occurs when we don t see the
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