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Originally Posted by ThomasC

I'm not pretending. The context in which they were name calling was more close to bullying than anything I've seen in there. ..but like I say, it's an overused word.

I am confused... What name calling did Hanah+ do that constitutes 'bullying'? Are you saying the red witch comment was enough to earn that as a slur?

I suspect that you are just rationalising it because it was Ali that used it.

Originally Posted by ThomasC

Yeah maybe she should have apologised from the start. I'm not excusing Martha. Hanah overreacted to it

Hanah would not have reacted to it all if she hadn't been forced to.

Yes, Hanah reacted badly, her attitude does stink, but I always look at the root cause first. That root cause was Martha who then went on to feed the flames.