Originally Posted by
svenskaflicka
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Great point. Nasty people are usually nasty everywhere they go. They need to feel superior over other people, so they put other people down. Their lives are usually so miserable by their own hand. I have run across these types a lot lately. It's all bravado in front of the guys/gals. They need to be slapped back into reality. They especially pick on people who are the nicest because they mistake niceness for weakness. They are the weak ones and it glows like a beacon. Those are the people they get the most joy from picking at people. They are great at doing this in front of a crowd, but get one on one with them and their inferiority complex shines.
I bet this guy bullies because he is in front of his comrades and wants to look macho. He wants to look like he's got the upper hand, when in fact he's really making a fool out of himself. He probably has no friends in the real world and is a sad excuse for a human being.
I'll take it one step further. I think that most of the bullies that we see have become that way over time. I see far too many references to Nazis in this forum, and I think the
Stanford prison experiment is a far better comparison. Obviously, the extent of the bullying is different, but it's an interesting read about how circumstances can change an otherwise "normal" person.
Mike