pluk
TS Member
Like I say, I'm not averse to having a slanging match with someone in the street who chucks litter in my garden (before they stab me, probably) ...
If it's good enough for adults ... It's no wonder playground bullying has now gone online where it's anonymous and doubly damaging.
To many the in person slanging match is a much more aggressive, and therefore unacceptable, way of dealing with that situation. Neither approach to challenge it is necessarily wrong, littering is though.
I struggle to see how this is is in any way equitable to bullying, which by definition is an act with intent to harm or intimidate. Posts like this are surely just holding someone to account for their actions?
I'm not trying to say there aren't massive issues with people's use of social media; downright lies and untruths without supporting evidence shared by unthinking masses, not allowing people to apologise and make amends, downright criminal harassment. It all goes on. But this example feeds into a general bugbear of mine of people not being willing to be held to account for the consequences of their actions. That the problem is with the person catching them, not them for doing it. If you are going to throw litter on the floor you damn well better be able to deal with the consequence of that, which absolutely should be people pointing at you and saying don't do that, be that in person or online.
Actions having consequences shouldn't be a surprise.