For the record....

[DizBelle]

If you bash something that brings someone else joy, you are exhibiting bullying behavior. You have to insult something someone else holds in high regard just to make yourself feel superior.

It is not nice and is disrespectful to try and make someone else feel bad about something they enjoy.

 

[Angelhalo]

 

[Ceila]

If you bash something that brings someone else joy, you are exhibiting bullying behavior. You have to insult something someone else holds in high regard just to make yourself feel superior.

It is not nice and is disrespectful to try and make someone else feel bad about something they enjoy.

Is there a back story to this?

 

[CaliforniaDreamin]

I guess we get to play "Let's Find the Thread".

 

[Cinderella94]

I guess we get to play "Let's Find the Thread".

 

[Angelhalo]

I guess we get to play "Let's Find the Thread".

 

[Magic Mom]

If you bash something that brings someone else joy, you are exhibiting bullying behavior. You have to insult something someone else holds in high regard just to make yourself feel superior.

It is not nice and is disrespectful to try and make someone else feel bad about something they enjoy.

Wouldn't it be more efficient to just tell that person this?

 

[CaliforniaDreamin]

Wouldn't it be more efficient to just tell that person this?

That's not as fun.

I could actually challenge the OP's statement, but I won't because he/she seems genuinely upset. So I will refrain from being a smarty pants.

 

[georgina]

Well, if that's true, then no one can express an opinion on anything!

 

[PrincessKsMom]

If you bash something that brings someone else joy, you are exhibiting bullying behavior. You have to insult something someone else holds in high regard just to make yourself feel superior.

It is not nice and is disrespectful to try and make someone else feel bad about something they enjoy.

So if I was to say that I think Disney is better than Universal, and you think the opposite, I'm bullying you for expressing a different opinion?

I don't think we should start looking for bullying where there isn't any because then it invalidates what true bullying is.

 

[Angelhalo]

So if I was to say that I think Disney is better than Universal, and you think the opposite, I'm bullying you for expressing a different opinion?

I don't think we should start looking for bullying where there isn't any because then it invalidates what true bullying is.

Well said. If we didn't have different opinions, there would be no need for the Community Board.

 

[diznygirl]

So if I was to say that I think Disney is better than Universal, and you think the opposite, I'm bullying you for expressing a different opinion?

I don't think we should start looking for bullying where there isn't any because then it invalidates what true bullying is.

 

[lovetoscrap]

If you bash something that brings someone else joy, you are exhibiting bullying behavior. You have to insult something someone else holds in high regard just to make yourself feel superior.

It is not nice and is disrespectful to try and make someone else feel bad about something they enjoy.

So if I was to say that I think Disney is better than Universal, and you think the opposite, I'm bullying you for expressing a different opinion?

I don't think we should start looking for bullying where there isn't any because then it invalidates what true bullying is.

There is a big difference between expressing a different opinion and the words the OP used of "bash" and "insult".

"I enjoy going to Disney and have never had a good time at Universal so I think Disney is the best park " is expressing a different opinion.

"Universal is totally lame, completely sucks, is full of losers and gangs and anyone that would go there must need a personality transplant" is bashing and insulting. Probably not bullying but it is uncalled for.

But when that attitude becomes constant and the Universal lover is constantly being told how stupid they are for liking that park, how it makes them a geek and shows that they are a loser and for days and days someone keeps harping at them about it, then it truly can rise to the level of bullying. I think that is the sort of thing the OP is trying to say.

*DISCLAIMER* I am not bashing or insulting Universal or anyone that likes that park! Just using the pp example. I have never been to Universal and would really love to.

 

[kirbsam]

So if I was to say that I think Disney is better than Universal, and you think the opposite, I'm bullying you for expressing a different opinion?

I don't think we should start looking for bullying where there isn't any because then it invalidates what true bullying is.

but you arent bashing disney. if you say disney sucks and you are a total idiot to want to be one of the koolaid drinking princess wannabes. disney is nothing but a fantastical escape from your pitiful life and if you need that to cope with your sad excuse for a life then you need more help than anybody can ever give you and you are a total loser, who could only be befriended by those as pathetic as you are. now that would be bullying.

see the difference? hope this helps.

 

[FireDancer]

A great example of the over use of the word bullying.

 

[PrincessKsMom]

but you arent bashing disney. if you say disney sucks and you are a total idiot to want to be one of the koolaid drinking princess wannabes. disney is nothing but a fantastical escape from your pitiful life and if you need that to cope with your sad excuse for a life then you need more help than anybody can ever give you and you are a total loser, who could only be befriended by those as pathetic as you are. now that would be bullying.

see the difference? hope this helps.

I absolutely see the difference. However, without the full story, it's possible that OP is perceiving someone's opinion as being bullying.

For me, bullying has to be persistent and pervasive. It has to cause undue stress to someone. It needs to interfere with their life. Even if someone tell me Disney sucks and I have to stop drinking the Princess Koolaid and that I'm stupid to spend my money there, it's not bullying. It is rudely expressing an opinion, but it does not interfere with my daily life, nor does it make me fearful for my safety or my ability to live my life the way I would like.

 

[redlight]

A great example of the over use of the word bullying.

I agree!

 

[MariDisney]

A great example of the over use of the word bullying.

THAT.

 

[Planogirl]

To me bullying has to be about someone and not about an object or place. For example if I say that Disney is lame, I'm only insulting Disney and not singling anyone out. However if I say that people who like Disney are ignorant or whatever AND I keep going on about it then I might be at least on the fringe of bullying. Even then I think that a person can easily defend themselves from such insults so it's rude but likely not bullying.

 

[GoofyforDisney3]

I can kind of see the point to a certain extent HOWEVER I think it has to go way beyond just one time being "bashed" and often there is taunting involved and physical contact of some sort for it to be true bullying. I think some of the stuff is being totally blown out the water and is being made to look worse by the media.