I don't consider Americans bullies, but I do consider the American government bullying.
Sentiment: NEGATIVE
Everyone in America likely has a bullying story, whether as the victim, bully or as a witness.
Bullying is a national epidemic.
When people bully us, we are complicit in it in some way. We do allow it to happen to some extent.
The real truth is that the Obama administration is professional at bullying, as we have witnessed with ACORN at work during the presidential campaign. It seems to me they are sending down their bullies to create fist fights among average American citizens who don't want a government-run health care plan forced upon them.
Not everyone has been a bully or the victim of bullies, but everyone has seen bullying, and seeing it, has responded to it by joining in or objecting, by laughing or keeping silent, by feeling disgusted or feeling interested.
Certainly in the movie business there are bullies all over - bullies in the distribution business, exhibition business, production. Fine-tuning adult bullying is different. When a bully is an adult, it's a whole different set of colors.
Bullies generally were bullied and are hurting inside much more than you could ever imagine.
Sometimes bullies are your friends and very rarely do bullying prevention tips acknowledge this fact or what to do about it.
If we're going to make a real dent in the bullying issue, we're going to have to address the bullies themselves: find ways to help empower them that don't include allowing them to be predators or to simply be punished.
Americans, at our best, stand up to bullies and fight those who seek to demean and degrade others.