Amen!

IF IT WASN'T FOR DOUBLE STANDARDS THE LEFT WOULDN'T HAVE ANY.

You are so right - our whole country has been gelded. Maybe the officials in Boston need to be on the receiving end of bullying to see how it feels; I'm betting they would fight back too. Talk is cheap when you're not the one in those shoes.

In my opinion, it goes to the 2nd amendment; even kids have the right to defend themselves. Maybe Mark should sue for taking away his rights.

Many times in bullying cases the end result is suicide. Is the left okay with that versus self-defense? In my small hometown we've had 3 teen suicides just in the past 2 weeks, and all related to bullying.

You're right; it's idiotic. My dad always told us "Never start a fight, but be sure you finish it."

Our youngest son is 12 years old and a green belt in Shotokan Karate. A year ago, the last bully that picked on him got his 2 front teeth knocked out. The school principle wanted to suspend him for 3 days for violence. I threatened to sue them for failure to provide adequate supervision, and they quickly changed their tune. The vice principle told me that he ought to give my son a good paddling. Our response was; "Go ahead and try, and you'll get your 2 front teeth knocked out also". We haven't heard a peep from them since and by the way, our son hasn't been picked on since then either. The best way to deal with a bully or liberal school administrators is to return the pain double.

My late father told me, "there is no such thing as a fair fight". Words to live by. One of his lifelong friends was developed when he was assisted by a total stranger who came to his defense against two neighborhood bullies. They triuphed over the agressors, all were bruised and bloodied, but the bullying stopped. I too took my lumps in standing up to a much larger bully, and took advantage of illegal wrestling moves to dispatch him. Life gives us such challenges, roll over and play dead, and the bully will only be encouraged by this action, but a good beating, a swift kick where it counts, and the bully will think twice about repeating his or her actions. Teach childred self defense, right and wrong, and all children benefit.

Not only will the bully think twice if you fight back but so will others. Fighting back is necessary part of letting the world know who you are. Bullies and fighting back against them seem to be the natural order of things. It's always been this way. Bullying must be genetically encoded in a certain small percentage of us. It must be God's way of establishing who are natural leaders. Nobody will follow a bully if someone of correct moral thinking steps up and defeats him.

This boy Mark is already showing the signs of strength and moral leadership. I think this is exactly what liberals don't want to happen. They want to continue holding immoral power so they start with ludicrous charges against children to keep them and their parents down.

It is sickening that these slimy bastards in Boston have the power to do this to Mark but is is heartening that there is Mark and other like him as well as the folks that support them.

BRAVO:

"This boy Mark is already showing the signs of strength and moral leadership. I think this is exactly what liberals don't want to happen. They want to continue holding immoral power so they start with ludicrous charges against children to keep them and their parents down."

Have you ever noticed that we did not have a bullying epdemic in this country until Obama was placed in the Oval Office. Except the liberal way of thinking is that something has to be done to provoke the bully so it is the victims fault. It's rediculous how these idiots think. The same thing happens to someone with a Concealed Carry Permit when they actually have to use the firearm, that they have a constitutional right to carry, in a life threatening situation. If they end up having to use deadly force on the perpatrator then the liberal media paints them as murderous monsters carrying a gun and the real criminal is made into a victim because "he couldn't help the situation that society had put him in and he had no choice but to rape, murder, and steal". It's not like he needed money to go by a descent pair of clothes to wear to a job interview. Bullys have been around forever and they have been dealt with the same way forever. The bully picks on the wrong one and the bully gets his clock cleaned. After that everyone else that he tries to pick on knows that he is not invencible and they stand up to him too. That is the solution to bullying and Lady Gaga and the Obamas need to but out and let nature take its course. Ah, the good old days when the circle was formed on the play ground and the bully was put in his place and the teachers looked the other way because their job had just been made easier.

Since liberal dumocrats are the bullies in town...maybe we need to kick the crap out of them and this country will get back to normal..ya think? Works for me!

Ben`s post is possibly the best I have ever read on the Patriot Post. I also love every one of the readers comments. We always told all three of our kids not to start a fight, but to never back down to a bully. All three have grown up to be self-sufficient, productive members of society.Our country is being sold down the river by the spineless, Mans`s Country member in the White House. He is a symbol of all that is going wrong with this country. For anyone wondering what Man`s Country is, look it up on the internet. You will not hear about it from the MSM.

Richard Ryan

Lamar,Missouri - Birthplace of Harry S Truman

Brings to mind a similar experience that happened to me in junior high about 53 years ago: A bigger guy took a swing at me, and I ducked and (more by luck than skill) executed a perfect Judo throw over my left hip and he landed flat on his back! Though just as surprised as he was, I took advantage of the situation and proceeded to kneel on his shoulders and said, "Had enough?" He nodded, I let him him up, and he and his buddles slunk away. What I didn't know until later was that the coach saw the whole thing and was laughing behind his hand. Funny thing though, from that time forward, the "bully" became my good friend and never bothered me again!

Si vis pacem para bellum.

If you want peace, be prepared for war.

Talk to bullies in the only language they understand. We used to understand wisdom; now we deny--or worse, denigrate--wisdom.

Simply stated, violence is the only answer on occasions where nothing else will work. We all know this and we all would be willing participants when the time nears.

Terrific article! So very true. The only way I ever convinced a bully to leave me alone was to scare the living hell out of them. Taught my daughter the same thing. Like me, she is very slow to anger but, also like me, you will not like her when she is angry. To steal a phrase from The Hulk! ;)

As an adolescent my family lived in a neighborhood full of juvenile delinquents, many of whom acquired substantial criminal records before their 16th birthdays. Beatings were a routine occurrence with me until my father, a former US Army Ranger (WWII), started giving me nightly lessons in military hand-to-hand, judo, and boxing. Within weeks the attacks stopped, and eventually the smaller, weaker kids started running to me for protection when the bullies turned their aggressions on them. By the time we finally moved away from that neighborhood (I was 9 y/o)I had acquired a reputation among the bullies as the kid one didn't "mess with".

And no, contrary to what liberals/progressives would wish to believe, I did not turn into a bully myself, nor was I in any way adversely mentally/emotionally/socially traumatized by the experience. It simply introduced me to the truth of aggressive behavior in humans, and to the wisdom of the old saying, "One sword keeps another in its sheathe."

I'll share what my father told me: "I'd better never catch you starting a fight, and I'd better never catch you running from one."

Dutch has it right: If you want peace, be prepared for war. This goes not only for neighborhood or school bullies, but every enemy of America around the world. Strength and the willingness to fight are what our foes should understand about America...except Obama's America, where leading from behind and cowering behind his Muslim beliefs, his socialist viewpoints, and radical liberalism are the norm.

Won't the fight for our personal freedoms ever be fought again? We've been robbed of many freedoms, and the Democrats and Republicans could give a darn. So what about us, the citizens? Are we truly a cowardly nation? Indeed, where have our cojones gone?

From the beginning of time violence has been with us and will remain so in spite of the head in the clouds liberal opinion. Meet force with superior fire power whether it be fist, foot or firearms. If there is no consequence to violent attack there will be more of it. Let those who would prey on the weak be advised the next person you perceive as weak and attack may result in you enjoying the last few seconds of your life.

From the beginning of time violence has been with us and will remain so in spite of the head in the clouds liberal opinion. Meet force with superior fire power whether it be fist, foot or firearms. If there is no consequence to violent attack there will be more of it. Let those who would prey on the weak be advised the next person you perceive as weak and attack may result in you enjoying the last few seconds of your life.

@Tex

I am stealing that one, thanks

B

1. Schools which either discipline both participants of a fight, or worse, prosecute both sides of a fight, instill in the "bullied" participant that society is not fair, and that avoiding even righteous violence is too costly.

Therefore, in some future time, none will defend the country, themselves, or their neighbor, or the victims of other, greater, bullies.

2. Any thinking person realizes that legitimate, just, and righteous violence actually is a valid concept, and has been throughout history. This is true in the schoolyard, in the streets, and on the battlefields. History's greatest evil-doers were subdued only by violence, except for rare, rare, instances where the threat of righteous, comprehensive, and devastating violence was sufficiently recognized and avoided.

3.Testicular impact from a bullied victim is often a swift fight-stopper. That is taught in most self-defense classes, and particularly where size and strength are on the side of the bully. Even the elderly and women are taught that, not to mention the military and police hand-to-hand training. No "sexual" assault is likely motive in grade school fights. Anybody ask the mother if she told the kid this technique?

4. Has any lawyer intervened on behalf of the kid who taught the bully a valuable lesson of life?

Unfortunately this sort of thing happens all the time. Recently a MacDonald's cashier named Rayon McIntosh was assaulted by two female customers who screamed obscenities at him, hit him, and then came across the counter when he backed away.

The entire episode was captured on camera and went viral on You Tube. The two females were CLEARLY the aggressors, and continued to attack Mr McIntosh even after he backed away.

Turns out they picked the wrong guy to bully. Mr. McIntosh grabbed a tool used to clean the grills and defended himself from his two assailants.

Again, this was caught on film.

Guess who got a slap on the wrist and guess who got arrested for felony weapons and assault charges? As Prof Williams might say: "If you said that the female assailants were charged with petty crimes and released, and the male victim was charged with multiple felonies, go to the head of the class."

Fortunately the grand jury dismissed the charges the crooked District Attorney (but I repeat myself) sought to bring, and Mr McIntosh is a free man.

Such is the result of saying stupid crap like, "Violence is never the answer."

Army Officer, at least there was ONE person in the system who understands when they come beyond the bar, over the counter in this case, they are in your 'space' and you have a duty to protect yourself in any manner available or necessary.

Liberalism is a mental disorder and this story is just more evidence of that.

This article hits the nail on the head - way to go, Ben Shapiro!! And the comments on this thread are excellent, too! I've found the premise here to be true in my own life - from schoolyard bullies to attempted rapists, it has worked for me every time! If I'd listened to the liberal tenet of NOT fighting back, I'd have been beaten to a pulp, raped and maybe even murdered.

I, too, have a story to relate.

When I was in High school, I was constantly bullied. I am not a small, nor was I ever, a small person. When I was 14-15, I was close to 6 feet tall. I was also not one prone to violence. I would suck-up whatever was dealt to me and move on. This particular story happened in the 10th grade...

This diminutive Napoleon-complex bully, who was in my English class, would torment me every day before the teacher arrived. One day in winter, he snuck up behind me and swiped my hat off my head (we were allowed to wear hats at the time). The hat, being of special sentimental value, was near and dear to me. I thus "ran" around the classroom pursing the much smaller and faster upstart. At this point, he was trying to rip the hat apart, knowing the value I placed on the hat. It was at that point that I snapped. I stopped running after him and instead picked up two of the desks, threw them at his sides to trap him between, and proceeded to pick him up by the neck with one hand (like I said, I wasn't small)...

For the next 2 years, NO person every bullied me again. Although, both to my regret and grin, that particular bully did get razzed from time to time for wetting his pants...

I agree with the saying, "Don't start the fight, but make sure you finish it." Teaching kids that violence is never the answer will only ensure they are the recipient of violence. The world is not perfect, and you will always have bullies. What I have noticed is that bullies will always target who the perceive as weaker. A show of force in an individual setting, can save days/months/years of torment and agony. On a national scale, it can save hundreds/thousands/millions of lives.

Walking through the halls of a particular War College, I remember the phrase "Pray for Peace, but plan for War."

Wow great article! The way the bully and bullied 7-year old were handled ultimately will only encourage the bully. Whatever happened to justified self defense? No real consequences or discouragement from further onry actions for the bully otherwise. You have touched on a very basic and important point clearly illustrating where our society is headed. Since the 60's at least, men are being emasculated by the commercials, movies, on the psychologist's bench, in a very insideous sneaky way. Men used to be much better at disagreements than women in general. Not so much now. They get enmeshed just as much as the women do. Used to be my brothers would have a fight with their friends and still be friends.

Seems to me there is a correlation here between this bully and how the gov't is bullying its citizens. We keep taking all the gargage the gov't dumps on us because we have to "obey the law". So where is our line in the sand? The gov't is going to just keep bullying us until we forcefully fight back.

This one's going in my Quotes file:

"Let those who would prey on the weak be advised the next person you perceive as weak and attack may result in you enjoying the last few seconds of your life."

--Anton D Rehling

Israel demonstrated this in 1967 and 1972 and faced the same consequences, but it still exists, has not been driven into the sea, nor wiped from the map.

Being military I am sworn to uphold and defend The Constitution of the United States and in that Constitution is our right to protect that which is ours. Life, limb, family, property. Teach the. Children to defend themselves against aggression and you diminish the "bullies" control over the weaker. Common Sense......Thomas Paine. Einstein said; "as long as there are men on this earth,there will be war." Are we to forgive the 9/11 terrorists and stop defending ourselves from this extreme aggression? A utopian society where everyone gets along is a dangerous fantasy. Stop vilifying the victims and punish ONLY the aggressors.

I have made it a rule to always stand up for myself, as no-one ever has done it for me. I HAVE found though that simply asking "why" or refusing to do something illegal that would endanger or take advantage of my subordinates has led to my being blacklisted at my now former workplace. In fact, there are several rumors afoot that I also "beat up" my subordinates that they and I always found funny. Several of them have been my close friends ever since working for me. I worked for a state agency that is mostly populated by liberal athiest tree hugger types (not making this up), and it was found out that I was a conservative. It was then "game on" for the libs there and these high school rumors became the norm. Tolerance, you see, for liberals, only runs as deep as their own kind. I am extremely happy to no longer work there, as I was never good at sucking up and faking a P.C. attitude. Bullies don't only use violence...