Griffin (vcgriffin)'s status on Saturday, 12-Mar-16 15:09:57 UTC
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@critialcloudkicker Bullying occurs wherever people don't have the social economic means to stand up for themselves or be independent. This can occur on the playground, where we are more likely to accept it, where kids are learning how to get on in the world and interact with others.
But it is much kor likely to happen when we are older, in the workplace or in our communities, where we choose to ignore it, we choose to ignore it here because we expect adults to be able to stand up for themselves, even if they are totally unable to. We subscribe to this myth that all adults are equal but when we can quite plainly see that they are not. Offices and communities are just ‘real life’ version of school, but ones where power does matter, from line manages, bosses, community organizers. It happens more to adults because power really matters there.
