Does Everyone Get Bullied?

Don’t get me wrong, I’m happy that bullying is getting the attention it deserves, finally. I had a chat with my mom the other day, though, about all of those YouTube videos of LGBT people talking about their lives and how things got better for them. I know that there were a rash of suicide a little while back because of LGBT issues, but why wasn’t a video ever made saying “I was a poor kid, and, you know what, things do get better” or “I wasn’t very attractive when I was younger, but people stopped bullying me” or “I was one of the smart kids in my class and I got bullied a lot for that, but things did get better.” Why all the focus on the LGBT community? I’m not trying to be rude or say that they shouldn’t get attention; I’m honestly curious. I was bullied when I was younger. While I don’t want to say that bullying is just a part of life, because nobody should have to go through that, is it natural? Maybe it is. I don’t know.

Speaking of which, a letter to the editor of the NY Times from a couple of months ago, because Muslims get bullied, too.

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