User blog comment:Sannse/Dealing with Bullying Online/@comment-26418052-20160914173412

The interesting thing is that people who are not anonymous, i.e., using their real names, actually are more vicious when they attack people online. Therefore, the assumption that all online bullies are anonymous keyboard warriors is largely false. The simple truth is, some people cannot handle other people holding different opinions than them - both online and offline. This intolerance is found in equal amounts amongst all peoples; liberal, conservative, christian, jew, muslim, man, woman, child... Bullying is a form of intolerance, and the only way to make a bully change is to expose them to new ideas (or compel them with force or government - a method some people advocate). I encourage anyone dealing with bullying to state your beliefs firmly and stand by them proudly. Your ideas will either change or become more resolute through this fire. Bullies are not irredeemable souls, they are merely intolerant people who need to continue on their journey of discovery and becoming a more complete human.