Cues for bullies

Do we really wonder why bullying has become the “fun du jour” of school kids today? We make cutting personal remarks about public figures, attacking or ridiculing them and their families, even their children. Protests often lead to violence. There is savage labelling of anyone with a different perspective to the most strident voices. Is it a minority of us feeling increasingly uncomfortable at this descent into a Lord of the Flies society? The child bullies of today are following the examples that surround them.

June Kearney, West Harbour.