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View submission: How awful did people talk pre-social media?
I grew up in the 70/80s. Bullies were bullies for sure but they had to stand by their actions.
Most were bullies until they got their asses kicked by someone.
I had non-white friends growing up. They got slandered and called racist names all the time. But whoever did it only did it once because then they'd get the beat down of their life.
But that was a neanderthal, temper ridden bunch of guys. There was no nuanced, psychological warfare bullying (which often seemed worse to me).
Unfortunately, I think part of the change was just that people didn't say those things anymore. They still think, feel and act on them.
There's nothing here!