Bullying

Donald Trump 60 Minutes To Midnight

Words are powerful. You can see into the mask of words and the fears and strategy as it plays out then manifests.  What you believe manifests in your world.  What do you believe?

Some words I extracted from the 60 Minutes interview.  I noted the women didn’t speak.  

Conduct myself in… Continue reading

Clooney & Streep on Trump: When the Powerful Use Their Position to Bully Others We All Lose

http://www.msn.com/en-au/entertainment/celebrity/george-clooney-has-a-hilarious-message-for-donald-trump/ar-BBy7XtZ?ocid=wispr

Meryl Streep accepts the Cecil B. DeMille Award life achievement award and makes a comment on Trump as a moment that broke her heart. Many question the character of the President-elect given his sexual attitudes towards women, his fear of difference and luxury lifestyle.  He certainly reflects a fearful demeanor.  I look… Continue reading

The Bullying of Robin Williams Daughter

I saw this article about the bullying of Robin Williams daughter.  Bullying in truth is repeated negative behaviour that causes psychological injury causing a risk to health and safety.  The tweet that caught my attention was this one…

One tweet, calling 25-year-old Zelda Williams a “heartless b****” was retweeted 25 times.

That is… Continue reading

The Bullying of Australia’s First Female Prime Minister – Will She Be Right Mate?

 

I have just watched this video ‘The Bullying of Julia Gillard’ (pasted below) and my gut feeling is that there is truth in this. I teach anti-bullying and absolutely this collective criticism and particularly the repeated negative behaviour of individuals or groups is an example of bullying. The definition of bullying is a repeated… Continue reading

The Powerlessness of Bullying

I’ve been talking to schools about my peace, nonviolence and anti-bullying program today. I then came home and watched a film on Bullying. I watched children being hassled by other kids, some of the language secretly filmed was very aggressive and threatening of physical violence.  I watched the children unable to respond. I reflected… Continue reading

Alan Jones: Freedom of Speech or Bullying?

I felt moved to comment on this controversy over Alan Jones and his comment that the Prime Minister’s father had died of “shame” because of the political “lies” she told. Of course unsubstantiated, insensitive and negative. Yet this is the world of talk back radio where it seems target practice is what gets the ratings.… Continue reading

Mohandas Gandhi

“Only as high as I reach can I grow, only as far as I seek can I go, only as deep as I look can I see, only as much as I dream can I be.”

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