Perez is bullying Katie
Katie is bullying Perez
Kav is bullying Keith
Katie is bullying Alicia
Alicia is Bullying Katie
Cami Lee is bullying Alicia

Can people please stop it!

yes it's DS favorite word now along with the v word

Yep. We are all bullies if we are called a bully when we argue.

When you have had rows with your friends? Are you a bully? What about the stuff people say on here? It's worse than what HMs say, so we are all bullies, right?

Who are you to tell people to stop it? can you quit being such a bully please?!

It's colloquial vernacular, used to describe any discriminatory behaviour. Don't take it so literally.

Yes people on here equate tension/sniping between HMs to bullying

You need to stop bullying me

In answer to your question I am telling the people on DS who keep using the word in posts.

It is thrown around easily but, like _Matt said, it shouldn't be taken so seriously.

The art of discourse is disappearing I fear - it's like we're afraid to exchange views and anybody who has an opinion that differs from another person's must be a bully!

I think Alicia made a good point in the DR tonight, she enjoyed the interaction - even if she felt insulted by some of what Katie said, she's finding the stimulation...well... stimulating

I feel the same on here when a really good discussion is happening, when people aren't bickering but seriously exchanging good - if differing - views and others are paying attention and countering with their own points, without descending into childish insult or strops. Yes, it does happen sometimes

It's stimulating and can make you see things from another perspective - sometimes even changing a person's point-of-view (rare, but it can happen).

It's a shame it doesn't happen more often really, talking - even forcefully - is better than bottling it all in.

Maybe it's not that the word "bully" is thrown out too much but we have become much better at recognizing bullying when we see it.

For example, I remember how harshly jodie marsh was treated back in CBB4. She was definitely bullied back then but people didn't think so. If that series was aired today, she would pick up so much more support.

To be fair, i prefer it to the usual "i'm offended", "Thats offensive" or "He said Penis , should he be removed?" shite we usually get on here, at least for a bit anyway.

To be fair I do think that "bully" is overused somewhat, not only on the forum but in life in general. I think the word has lost it's impact with overuse.

Perhaps it would be fair to say these people were mean or unkind rather than bullying, however when the behaviour is repeated over and over against the same person, I think that's when it comes across more as bullying.

Try tell that to people who are really being bullied!

When it's used too trivially, yes.

But sometimes it's warranted.

Well I certainly don't hear her saying nice things folllowing him around .

Would trying to intimidate, be a better description ?

There's alot of big words used constantly on these forums to describe people but no one seems to mind those

thing is Perez is a **** and acts like a child, Nadia is correct to say that if a child behaves like that you ignore them. Katie H for some reason cannot ignore him despite telling others to not speak to him. He only has to sneeze and she is having a go at him, call it bullying or whatever. However, if your child is in the playground and another is calling them names and running after them doing so what do you call them, yes bullies. Now I know these are adults but they are adults behaving like children so that is where the bully word comes into play, what else would you call it, constructive criticism "you really are a dispicable person"