[rionablue]

I have been thinking about posting this thread for awhile and tonight with another few threads saying that housemates are being bullied has prompted me to finally put it out there (my views on it)

To me a bully is someone who belittles, abuses, verbally hurts, physically hurts a smaller or weaker person who is unable to stand up for themselves. I. like I am sure many other forum members was bullied from a very young age. I was one of the smallest in my class in school and was quite bright when it came to homework etc. Therefore I was picked on, my hair was pulled, the kids told the teacher I slapped them, my school bag destroyed, my copybooks written on.

I know that adults can also bully other adults so I am not saying that it just happens with kids. In all the years I have watched Big Brother (both civilian and celebrity) I have only seriously seen what I DEEM to be bullying in one series and that was when Jade and the other two girls bullied Shilpa. They kept attacking her for various reasons, her beliefs, her looks etc and almost backed her into a corner. There is NOBODY being bullied in the house at the moment. Sure they are all against Gary but he is taking it well and smiling away and just discarding the comments.

Having being bullied myself I am very very careful of the use of the word and I would urge everyone to think twice before they rant on about bullying. And before anyone says it I am fully aware that BB has called housemates to the diary room from time to time to ask them about their actions and telling them it could be perceived as bullying.

So sorry my post is so long and I hope that at least some of you can see where I am coming from

[Denver]

You do realise gary is being bullied

[jaxie]

I think you are making a lot of fuss over a word when it's the behaviour you should be looking at.

Do I think Gary is being bullied? I would probably say no because I don't think he is feeling bullied, and I do think you have to feel it, though it is hard to tell because he doesn't make a fuss.

Do I think some of the housemates (a lot of them) are exhibiting bullying nasty behaviour? Absolutely.

Do -I- think they are bullies? Absolutely.

[the truth]

you sound like james giving his fake lecture to gary. gary is being bullied , mainly because of his disability, discrimination in one of its lowest forms. imagine how nasty these people would be with no cameras or in a care home?

[Josy]

I hate how easily the word gets flung around tbh but this time I must admit I kinda agree with people that are saying it, not quite 100% but I'm leaning in that direction.

Live Feed after Wednesdays eviction was actually horrendous to watch.

Gary is being isolated in that house, targeted, blamed for things that he can't help, discriminated against and basically treated like crap.

Every time James pretends to be 'talking' to him it always ends with Gary having to say sorry for something or other.

Maybe not quite bullying yet but he is definitely being targeted and isolated.

[Denver]

Also gary is being treated far worse than shilpa

[the truth]

Originally Posted by adamski94

Also gary is being treated far worse than shilpa

I 100% agree with this. so too was dirk benedict and michael madsen , who was hit in the face by denise welch and bigbrother did NOTHING.
clearly if youre a man, dare I say it a white hetrosexual man, then the threshold fo rbullying and discrimination is much higher and big brother ignores it. but shilpa was a woman and an asian woman so she was protected 101 times more than dear olf half deaf half brain damaged harmless 70 year old gary busey

the double standards in this man bashing sexist biased show and country at large makes me sick

[Liam-]

Originally Posted by the truth

I 100% agree with this. so too was dirk benedict and michael madsen , who was hit in the face by denise welch and bigbrother did NOTHING.
clearly if youre a man, dare I say it a white hetrosexual man, then the threshold fo rbullying and discrimination is much higher and big brother ignores it. but shilpa was a woman and an asian woman so she was protected 101 times more than dear olf half deaf half brain damaged harmless 70 year old gary busey

the double standards in this man bashing sexist biased show and country at large makes me sick

So what you're saying is.. If you're a straight white man on the show, you're bullied more than anyone else? I struggle to see your logic there, but each to their own.. And the Dirk Benedict thing, when was he 'bullied' may I ask?

[the truth]

Originally Posted by LiamPRW

So what you're saying is.. If you're a straight white man on the show, you're bullied more than anyone else? I struggle to see your logic there, but each to their own.. And the Dirk Benedict thing, when was he 'bullied' may I ask?

yes thats exactly what im saying.
are you kidding about dirk benedict? they mocked his cancer, his impotence caused by cancer, his alcoholism, they despised him because he preferred shilpa a far classier person than the coven of bullies and witches and the horrible cleo rocco........dirk was bullied throughout. but he remained a gentleman and was hilarious...finished in the top 3
mike madsen was also bbullied by denise welch who verbally abused him day in day out, shes insulted him endlessly and even hit him in the face in a drunken rage....big brother did nothing

women get away with almost anything on big brother

[Liam-]

Originally Posted by the truth

yes thats exactly what im saying.
are you kidding about dirk benedict? they mocked his cancer, his impotence caused by cancer, his alcoholism, they despised him because he preferred shilpa a far classier person than the coven of bullies and witches and the horrible cleo rocco........dirk was bullied throughout. but he remained a gentleman and was hilarious...finished in the top 3
mike madsen was also bbullied by denise welch who verbally abused him day in day out, shes insulted him endlessly and even hit him in the face in a drunken rage....big brother did nothing

women get away with almost anything on big brother

I watched that series and honestly can say that the only case of bullying was the whole Shilpa thing, no-one else was bullied..
And your logic that white straight men are bullied more than anyone else is total bull.

[Macie Lightfoot]

Originally Posted by the truth

I 100% agree with this. so too was dirk benedict and michael madsen , who was hit in the face by denise welch and bigbrother did NOTHING.
clearly if youre a man, dare I say it a white hetrosexual man, then the threshold fo rbullying and discrimination is much higher and big brother ignores it. but shilpa was a woman and an asian woman so she was protected 101 times more than dear olf half deaf half brain damaged harmless 70 year old gary busey

the double standards in this man bashing sexist biased show and country at large makes me sick

White heterosexual males have it so hard in both BB and in life, it's true (((((((

[the truth]

Originally Posted by Macie Lightfoot

White heterosexual males have it so hard in both BB and in life, it's true (((((((

yes they do in the Uk. and its no laughing matter
male suicides are at record high levels, at nearly 5 times the rate of women
the number of charities and support isntitutions for women outnumbers men by over 50 to 1 in the UK
billions more is spent onn female support and female health including female cancer
men lose their kids in nearly 90% of UK divorce cases
men lose their homes in over 80% of UK divorce cases
in over 80% men lose their home and their kids and still have to pay for their ex partners to live in their ex homes

men die young in the UK by 4 to 5 years younger than women on average

men lose their jobs simply for being accused of something rather than being found guilty
all men are banned in some cases from working with disabled female kids
men make up less than 5% of infant school teachers
over 50% of young boys are NOt brought up by their father
men can be accused by any woman of any sexual crime and regardless if theyre 100% guilty, the man gets named and shamed, the woman remains anonymous, even if its a pack of lies

in some towns and cities men are barred from running for election, its women only. hows that for democracy? yet its illegal to have male only clubs , yet female only cities are fine?

on tv women slag men all day every day, all men are bastards etc ive even seen one vile show where sharon osbourne interviewed female inmates whod all murdered their partners. osborune told them they were right to do so, they all cheered and laughed...on another espide she laughed and cheered after a man had his testicles sliced off in his sleep. not sure if he died. who caares hes a man, we didnt want to ruin her joke
...its all just a bit of fun right? un;less a man says it, then hes a vile nasty sexist pig


yet men get fired for saying 1 joke about a female lineswoman? men who have been football pundits for 25 years and been involved at the top of football for 40 years? double standards? oh yes

when a famous man has an affair now, the woman is the victim of this aggressive controlling sex pest man who manipulated the innocent harmless babe? this is the language used and the manipulation used. men cant have an opinion on any of this or they be branded sexist. just as people cant have an opinion on immigration without being branded racist? where does this bias in law and in culture get us? check out rotherham


in hospitals how often do nurses joke to male patients, if you men had to go through the pain we women do? the joke is repeated endlessly to the point its not a joke and you wonder if these nurses really mean it? judging by the male bashing all over this sexist country and the cruelty and corruption in the nhs wards, id say its healthy to be very cynical. women have played the sexist mysoginistcard way too many times and cried wolf too many times



even outside the UK on the world stage. domicin strauss khan the head of the international monetary fund, the biggest economic forum on the planet. a man of phenomenal intellect, qualification, success and experience. was sacked for allegations made...he was replaced by a womens libber.christine laggard...
he was later found innocent but never got his job back
she is now accues of corruption, yet she keeps her job

too much info?

yeah white men have got it all. except at any given moment they can lose their entire lives, homes, kids, reputation, future, past, income, respect in a split second on a pack of lies

yeah they sure do rule the world

men women whatever, are just as good or bad as each other in their own different ways....the path weve taken down political correctness is a path to armageddon. time to redress the balance.

[reece(:]

The more fitting word would be isolation, rather than bullying.

[Benjamin]

I do agree that generally on this forum the words bully/bullying are overused.

[Mystic Mock]

I agree that Gary isn't being bullied yet, but I do think that there is a lot of xenophobia going on in the house with comments like “French slut” and “the Americans” and “I don't like that French girl.”

But I actually think that the bully word was way more overused during BB15 than this series tbh as at least Gary and Frenchy are being genuinely isolated from the house and not forcing themselves out except for (Christopher and Ashleigh) but I suppose two strong bullying accusations back to back on the forum is enough to drive anyone insane.

[Macie Lightfoot]

Originally Posted by The Mockinator

I agree that Gary isn't being bullied yet, but I do think that there is a lot of xenophobia going on in the house with comments like “French slut” and “the Americans” and “I don't like that French girl.”

But I actually think that the bully word was way more overused during BB15 than this series tbh as at least Gary and Frenchy are being genuinely isolated from the house and not forcing themselves out except for (Christopher and Ashleigh) but I suppose two strong bullying accusations back to back on the forum is enough to drive anyone insane.

okay but you thought Frankie was being bullied in BBUS so...

[Liam-]

Originally Posted by Macie Lightfoot

okay but you thought Frankie was being bullied in BBUS so...

[Mystic Mock]

Originally Posted by Macie Lightfoot

okay but you thought Frankie was being bullied in BBUS so...

You mean when the whole house had refused to speak to him because he played the game on a gameshow? And then had Caleb not even helping him out on the BOB task for that exact reason? Yes that is far worse than anything that's happened on BB15 and as it's still early days on CBB14 I would say worse than what's going on in there as well.

[Macie Lightfoot]

Originally Posted by The Mockinator

You mean when the whole house had refused to speak to him because he played the game on a gameshow? And then had Caleb not even helping him out on the BOB task for that exact reason? Yes that is far worse than anything that's happened on BB15 and as it's still early days on CBB14 I would say worse than what's going on in there as well.

Well that's one (very far-fetched) interpretation of those events.

[Mystic Mock]

Originally Posted by Macie Lightfoot

Well that's one (very far-fetched) interpretation of those events.

No that is the true events of what happened, yes Frankie can be a snake and annoying, but no one deserves to be treated like that.

And I said with BB15 that the only cases where people tried to make an effort with the bigger group but kept being shuned was Ashleigh and Christopher, as let's face it Jale, Chris, and Pav certainly didn't want to lose the victim status did they lol.

[Mystic Mock]

I agree that Gary isn't being bullied yet, but I do think that there is a lot of xenophobia going on in the house with comments like “French slut” and “the Americans” and “I don't like that French girl.”

But I actually think that the bully word was way more overused during BB15 than this series tbh as at least Gary and Frenchy are being genuinely isolated from the house and not forcing themselves out except for (Christopher and Ashleigh) but I suppose two strong bullying accusations back to back on the forum is enough to drive anyone insane.

[Pincho Paxton]

Typing 'Bully' is quicker than typing 'Gary is being picked on in a degrading, and hurtful manner." every time you want to describe what is happening.

[the truth]

gary is being bullied 100%. the fact hes an absolute legend and able to take it, is irrelevant to the fact he is still being bullied. the word bullied isnt over used its just used inappropriately at times. this is systematic 24 hours a day bullying. voting a man out because of his disability is the very essence of discrimination

[jaxie]

Originally Posted by the truth

gary is being bullied 100%. the fact hes an absolute legend and able to take it, is irrelevant to the fact he is still being bullied. the word bullied isnt over used its just used inappropriately at times. this is systematic 24 hours a day bullying. voting a man out because of his disability is the very essence of discrimination

I think that discrimination may be a better way to describe what is happening in there than bullying but I'm not sure it's enough to describe the sort of humiliation they are heaping on him. I find it pretty disturbing but it's a relief that he doesn't seem to be taking it all to heart. Then again how can we possibly know what he is thinking.

[the truth]

Originally Posted by jaxie

I think that discrimination may be a better way to describe what is happening in there than bullying but I'm not sure it's enough to describe the sort of humiliation they are heaping on him. I find it pretty disturbing but it's a relief that he doesn't seem to be taking it all to heart.

its bullying it really is