Bullies, well, they bully. They can be young kids at school making fun of someone for being different. Or they can be big old men who don’t know what to do when they can’t get their way. Often times they start as one, and end as the other. Bullies are scared of people who are different – be it because they are another sex, another race, another sexual preference – and they try to cover up their own feelings of inadequacy through intimidation and even violence. But mostly, bullies are pathetic.
I was confronted by one tonight, a big guy well past middle age who really should know better. He was drunk, he tried to intimidate me. He didn’t manage to, and I left feeling he was truly pathetic – but also potentially dangerous. Apparently we need to address bullying not just in the schools themselves.