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Well no shit, Sherlocks. Ever heard of "bully the bully"? Glad they're finally catching on. Took too long.
Trump had a known decades long overreaction to some reporter calling him a short fingered vulgarian when he ran in 2016.
Congrats on the Dems for finally using that to their advantage I guess.
When they eventually hit on what his father used to call him, hoo boy
His father called him a short fingered vulgarian?
Decades long? 2016 was approximately 0.8 decades ago
The grudge had existed for decades in 2016. It didn't start then.
Bully the bully requires unity among their victims though, and if there's one thing bullies do well, it's sow discord.
I mean, back in my country, I used to beat the shit out of the fuckers and they straighten up after that. Doesn't work that way in the USA unfortunately. Lol
If you're talking at the schoolyard level, it definitely works in the US.
I don't even know what that means honestly. I didn't go to school in the US.
I'm saying that the tactic you described works against bullies in the US, if we are talking about bullies at the schoolyard level.
Not sure what was unclear about my response?
I see, I was confused with the "schoolyard" term. Sorry, English is my second language. So, you mean it's in US schools, too?
Ah now I feel bad lol. No worries.
Yeah that's basically what I meant.
There are bullies at all levels of society, and unfortunately, the US allows many of them to not only get away with it, but it's often encouraged.
No need to feel bad. We communicate and understand things. Thank you for explaining it.
the effective responses for bullies are either ignore or bully back