Bullying on this forum

Quoted from aaron rattray

It seems to me that the older people are more liked than the younger people, some people post good posts and still get ridiculed and sometimes it is them who turns it from a football thread to a nonsense thread but like they are the first people to moan

Quoted from The_Laughing_Mariner

To me it appears that a certain few posters or people cannot do anything right.  They are villified by anonymous keyboard warriers, spouting bile, hatred and abuse, and its getting worse.

Suppose Les Brechin, or Grimsby Pete had said some of the things that Karen Stevens has said (allegedly)
Or Grim Rob, Big Chris come out with the same stuff as our resident Barrymore tribute act.
Say Wrawbs, Barralad said the same as Realityman,
Would they have recieved the same aggression and bullying? some of it is quite personal, and in its own right offensive.

Now I am all for a bit of banter, difference of opinions, and discussion or debate, but to me no matter what some people say they are bullied.  One on one discussion is different, but this can be 20-30 people getting onto one person.
Okay So some people spout crap, I am not condoning any sort of discriminatory abuse, Aaron does say some stupid stuff, but he also comes out with some sensible and well thought out points, but all he gets is abuse.
Realityman really winds me up with his I know something you dont know drivel, but does he deserve all the crap he gets given.  
Karen Stevens may not be the brightest candle in the box, and she may have said something she now regrets in the heat of a bit of banter, but is she the she devil reincarnate?

I am getting rather concerned about the level of abuse levelled at some posters, and could this not be classed as discrimination, in respect of I dont agree with you so i am going to give you grief.

Cant you all live and let live and tolerate other peoples views and opinions, even if they are crap.  You dont have to abuse people.

Think on people.

Quoted from barralad

Well Aaron I have no idea how old the vast majority of posters on here are-do you?

Quoted from siy2k5

You read the WI forum? You big jessy

Quoted from davmariner

Ahhh good old Spoony. How's his burnt tackle?

Quoted from barralad

I relate to most of the sentiments in this post. Technically as Moosey says I'm not sure you CAN bully a user name. I only know a handful of the posters on here personally and have found them to be without exception decent folk. There are a lot of people that I don't relate to but given that I'm in my fifties and a lot of them are my grandchildrens age that isn't really surprising!! I get frustrated when people spoil decent threads with nonsense but the point is in the great scheme of things it doesn't matter. I long ago accepted that I have views that a lot of people don't like. It's a waste of effort trying to either convince people that I'm right or getting upset because people have the temerity to hold another view. These people have no effect on my life as I have no effect on theirs. Neither of us will fret about that.
It's close season-always a bad time for decent threads but in my opinion this board still has a great deal going for it. Some of the humour on here has me regularly laughing out loud and the insight into the game of football that some posters have is terrific. Long Live The Fishy....

Quoted from Rodley Mariner

Of course somebody can be bullied over the internet - I thought we'd moved on from the nonsense of 'Sticks and stones'. As for 'If you're bullied you must be weak' - that sounds like a defence of bullying to me. The OP is absolutely correct in that people are targeted for abuse on here whilst others are effectively immune. I've seen threads where three or four people state a similar opinion which is ignored or agreed with only for the next poster to be shot-down for a similar position simply because of who they are.