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The Case for Honest Bullies

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Ben Sixsmith
Jan 25, 2026
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I don’t like bullying.

Thank you, thank you. I’ll wait for the rapturous applause to die down. Yes, you may all bask in the glow of the tremendous moral courage that allows me to maintain my “anti-bullying” stance.

The problem with saying that you don’t like bullying — a position very few people would actually disagree with — is that it is difficult to sa…

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