No one forced the bullies to behave in the way they did. If they had brought up the problems with the slogan in a reasonable way without resorting to name-calling and attacks, the changing of the slogan would not have been a problem. There are so many different ways this could have been handled without causing all this upheaval. And it was their choice to be unreasonable from the start.
I've seen that kind of behavior poison other communities. Giving in definitely means further problems down the road. Although they could have picked you as a target again, and scapegoated you. I've seen that happen to people, who eventually left the community in question, and the bullies went on to scapegoat someone else.
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Date: 2012-09-28 12:27 pm (UTC)I've seen that kind of behavior poison other communities. Giving in definitely means further problems down the road. Although they could have picked you as a target again, and scapegoated you. I've seen that happen to people, who eventually left the community in question, and the bullies went on to scapegoat someone else.