One of the things that doesn't seem to be respected enough is...
... if you cave to a bully, they come back for more, especially when someone else stands up to them and their ego is hurt.
Caving just makes you a reliable target.
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@scottmichaud It doesn't even need a bully. I've seen people who, without boundaries, have others (like family) unconsciously place more and more burden on them. But yes, those people also attract bullies
@lesley Yep.
As a note: The big part of the context of this was politics, and how a lot of it boils down to people taking pies in the face for someone who will do very little in return except make them take more pies in the face. They are now the face-pie person.
Person-on-person bullying gets a bit more difficult because "standing up to them" can be challenging.
But, yeah, there's a lot of overlap.
