Comments on: Stick ’em up https://idlermag.com/2011/03/29/stick-em-up/ A U.S. Webzine: 2010-2013 Fri, 01 Apr 2011 13:04:25 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ By: April 1, 2011 « The Idler https://idlermag.com/2011/03/29/stick-em-up/#comment-1325 Fri, 01 Apr 2011 13:04:25 +0000 http://idler-mag.com/?p=4723#comment-1325 […] You’ve seen the YouTube video of Casey Heynes bodyslamming Richard Gale, and probably applauded him as a kid who finally stood up to a bully. But what if Richard Gale was bullied too? And what if Casey had seriously injured him? Lindsey Malta takes on these questions, and her own memories of being bullied in “Stick ‘em up” […]

]]> By: Crystal https://idlermag.com/2011/03/29/stick-em-up/#comment-1311 Thu, 31 Mar 2011 17:07:43 +0000 http://idler-mag.com/?p=4723#comment-1311 As a victim of bullying myself, I feel bad for both these boys. One thing that I regret about being a teenager is the fact that I saw other kids getting bullied and did nothing. Not physically, I’ve always been a wimp and if anything ever came to blows I would lose, then and now. But I saw tons of kids getting teased, or just as bad, ignored. But since I had my own set of bullies and taunters, I kept my head down. I now wish I had reached out, had lunch with that kid sitting by themselves in the cafeteria, or told the bullies to bug off.

]]> By: March 31, 2011 « The Idler https://idlermag.com/2011/03/29/stick-em-up/#comment-1307 Thu, 31 Mar 2011 13:01:48 +0000 http://idler-mag.com/?p=4723#comment-1307 […] You’ve seen the YouTube video of Casey Heynes bodyslamming Richard Gale, and probably applauded him as a kid who finally stood up to a bully. But what if Richard Gale was bullied too? And what if Casey had seriously injured him? Lindsey Malta takes on these questions, and her own memories of being bullied in “Stick ‘em up” […]

]]> By: Lindsey https://idlermag.com/2011/03/29/stick-em-up/#comment-1301 Tue, 29 Mar 2011 18:18:47 +0000 http://idler-mag.com/?p=4723#comment-1301 In reply to Angela Vasquez-Giroux.

Agreed. Much as I want to just go ahead and write off the girls who harassed me in 7th grade as absolute pure evil, I’m sure there was a lot more to their antagonism. Two of them claimed to already have had/been having sex at that age. If an 8th grader revealing (and being a little too proud of) their sexual activity at that age doesn’t scream “self esteem issues” I don’t know what does. Exact quote from one of them: “I got him, I did him, I’m done with him.” It seems really sad looking back on it.

]]> By: Angela Vasquez-Giroux https://idlermag.com/2011/03/29/stick-em-up/#comment-1300 Tue, 29 Mar 2011 17:49:36 +0000 http://idler-mag.com/?p=4723#comment-1300 Bullying is often so much more complicated than one-way, as you point out. Every bully is someone else’s victim first, and that thought just breaks my heart.

]]> By: Lindsey https://idlermag.com/2011/03/29/stick-em-up/#comment-1299 Tue, 29 Mar 2011 15:40:08 +0000 http://idler-mag.com/?p=4723#comment-1299 In reply to Kate.

Thanks, Kate! Your recommendation is on the list of “things Idler folks tell me I should read”… it’s getting pretty long…

]]> By: Kate https://idlermag.com/2011/03/29/stick-em-up/#comment-1298 Tue, 29 Mar 2011 13:37:15 +0000 http://idler-mag.com/?p=4723#comment-1298 I haven’t seen this video, but it sounds upsetting. In high school I read a book about bullying called Please Stop Laughing At Me by Jodee Blanco. That book broke my heart and, I think, made me a much better person. As someone who loves to make jokes I try to be conscious never to make them at the expense of others. If you haven’t read this book, I highly recommend it. It might make you prouder of 7th grade you.

Great post!

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