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New spin on an old question........
Oct 29, 2020, 10:53 PM
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What’s the developmental/age cutoff where incidents of general douchbaggery should be forgotten vs should follow you?
Reading this story, I note that this kid did a pretty crappy thing, but while I didn’t have a thing for picking on the handicapped in my formative years, I can’t say for certain that I may not have done something in middle school that someone in 2020 might find equally distasteful.
I struggle on this one because 99% of the time for all but the most illegal acts in the adolescent era, I say let it stay in the past.....middle schoolers are the most evil, callous, and inhuman creatures extant, and they generally change and develop some basic levels of non-sociopathic life skills. On the other hand, there’s a small part of me that says “yeah, but it was just 4 years ago for this kid”. Bottom line is I’m guessing it’s a preemptive PR move for the team more than it is any real concerns about his character, but it highlights the the reality for kids today that one single eff-up can ruin you forever. I’m grateful I never was held to that standard.
https://www.cnn.com/2020/10/29/us/coyotes-mitchell-miller-trnd/index.html
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Oculus Spirit [83625]
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for me personally
Oct 29, 2020, 11:06 PM
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it depends on what gender the disabled black classmate identified with at the time
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Oculus Spirit [83116]
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I never bullied any guys, but there were a few girls we
Oct 29, 2020, 11:47 PM
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made fun of unmercifully from first grade on. This one girl, Bonnie, was dirt poor from the country and she smelt bad. If any of us guys brushed up against her, we would pass on “Bonnie germs” to someone else. Another dirt poor girl never did her homework and we called her Doosolittle her last name was Doolittle.
This was elementary school, and those girls probably carried it with them their whole lives. It was terrible how we treated them and others.
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Oculus Spirit [83116]
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Now my first day of middle school, was the first day of
Oct 30, 2020, 12:05 AM
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integration in SC. tt was a crazy year, but it seems girls were much meaner than boys in those years, to each other mainly.
I remember getting in a few fights with blacks, but all were on the basketball court. A pretty calm year racially speaking.
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The judge's comments and the fact that he never apologized
Oct 30, 2020, 8:38 AM
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to the kid and continued with some form of bullying up to just a couple years ago makes me think he is a total piece of shit. I had the same thoughts as you going into the article I read (not the CNN article) but quickly changed my mind.
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Some very important lessons to learn here
Oct 30, 2020, 9:14 AM
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Firstly, never.....NEVER admit guilt. Even if it's flat out obvious, claim you have no idea and didn't do anything. Peoples memories fade over time, wait it out long enough and you can act like you were totally innocent...Maybe even a victim yourself.
Second, homeschool your kids in middle school. They're going to do some messed up stuff, and they don't need to do it in a public setting.
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Oculus Spirit [85323]
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Wasn't everybody bullied at some point?
Oct 30, 2020, 9:26 AM
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Seems pretty dumb to me. Clock should start over when he was drafted. Anything he did prior to and paid for....he wasn't representing their organization.
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I got bullied by a guy who was 16 years old in the 8th grade
Oct 30, 2020, 9:30 AM
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and he was about 6'4 and strong as a rahtard. I never got beat up, but he did scare me.
In high school, I got him some weed one time and he became my friend.
The lesson is, drugs are the solution to most problems.
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I figured you just stood there and stared him down
Oct 30, 2020, 9:33 AM
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Like that back alley crackhead
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I got into a fight in the 5th grade. Dude was a big son
Oct 30, 2020, 9:43 AM
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of a #####. One of those guys you knew would never amount to anything. I was really short and pretty tubby then (not much has changed). I'll admit that he got the best of me with a knee to the guy.
The next few years he'd be a jerk any time he saw me in the halls.
Fast forward to Jr year. I finally started to move towards my slightly above average adult height and had been lifting weights 5 days a week since 7th grade.
I wasn't really watching where I was going and he saw this as an opportunity to be a #######. He steps in front of me and "BAM!" just like in Adam West's Batman show. He didn't like it when he was the one that ended up on the floor. From the on, he stayed away.
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Re: I have a confession
Oct 30, 2020, 9:42 AM
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Nah, never mind...
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