Stares at the World

Tagged: bullying

Society

You Are Being Bullied

The following is a guest post from my friend Laramie Hirsch; comments have been disabled here, you can find them over on his website, Forge and Anvil. *** “We are afflicted in every way but not crushed, perplexed but not despairing, persecuted but not forsaken, struck down but not destroyed.”2 Corinthians 4:8-9* * * Let’s stop for a minute. There’s a LOT happening right now. Quite a lot. Events are erupting everywhere, betrayal from every corner, and bombs being thrown every minute. It can be overwhelming. If you’re ignorant and unprepared for what’s happening, it would do to understand what’s...

Bullying; the Spirit of our Time 4

Society

Bullying; the Spirit of our Time

I don’t know why bullying’s been in the media for the past few months; if it were because of a specific suicide, or a rash of suicides, I’m sure I would of heard of it. Instead the conversation has lacked context, as if it had sprung up ex-nihilo into the minds of journalists and AM radio hosts alike. There’s no recently-marketed study they all reference, and there’s no particular politician they grill.  It really does seem to be a Grass Roots sorta thing. Which I take as Proof Positive that it was Astro Turfed. I know that if I look...