Scene from "The Simpsons" above in which Homer beats the Krustyburglar nearly to death thinking he's trying to steal.
Bullying is the use of force, threat, or coercion to abuse, intimidate, or aggressively dominate others. The behavior is often repeated and habitual. One essential prerequisite is the perception, by the bully or by others, of an imbalance of social or physical power, which distinguishes bullying from conflict.Behaviors used to assert such domination can include verbal harassment or threat, physical assault or coercion, and such acts may be directed repeatedly towards particular targets. Rationalizations of such behavior sometimes include differences of social class, race, religion, gender, sexual orientation, appearance, behavior, body language, personality, reputation, lineage, strength, size, or ability.
A bully pulpit is a conspicuous position that provides an opportunity to speak out and be listened to. This term was coined by United States President Theodore Roosevelt, who referred to his office as a "bully pulpit", by which he meant a terrific platform from which to advocate an agenda. Roosevelt used the word bully as an adjective meaning "superb" or "wonderful", a more common usage at that time.
Klamath Falls, OR— Trump: I could 'shoot somebody and I wouldn't lose voters'. "I could stand in the middle of 5th Avenue and shoot somebody and I wouldn't lose voters."
They say I have the most loyal people -- did you ever see that? -- where I could stand in the middle of Fifth Avenue and shoot somebody, and I wouldn't lose any voters," Trump said, illustrating his point by pulling his fingers into a gun shape. "Okay? It's like incredible."
In the early 20th century, “bully” had an entirely different meaning, one that had nothing to do with throwing one’s weight around. “‘Bully’ just meant something that was really good, really positive,” said H.W. Brands, a historian at the University of Texas at Austin who has written books about many presidents, including one of Roosevelt. “He didn’t use it to threaten people with retribution. He didn’t promise to undertake reprisal against people who oppose him. Roosevelt would say ‘that was a bully good baseball game’ in very much the same way.”
Meanwhile, Roosevelt’s use of the phrase “bully pulpit” wasn’t necessarily about strong-arming lawmakers in Congress, but shaping public opinion by speaking directly to the American people who'd pressure lawmakers instead.
Trump, of course, has found his own platform for speaking directly to the people, one that operates in 140 characters. Like other presidents who have mastered new forms of media — Roosevelt with mass circulation newspapers, Franklin Delano Roosevelt with radio, and Ronald Reagan with television — Trump has used social media to speak directly with the public, or at least with his supporters.
Trump often uses Twitter as a way to attack his political opponents and other critics.
Other Republicans, such as Sens. Lindsey Graham of South Carolina and Ben Sasse of Nebraska, said the epithets were unbecoming. "Your tweet was beneath the office and represents what is wrong with American politics, not the greatness of America," Graham said.
As Sasse put it: "Please just stop. This isn't normal and it's beneath the dignity of your office."
"Donald J. Trump: Cyberbully-In-Chief," Democratic Rep. Lois Frankel of Florida said on Twitter.
For his part, Trump has insisted time and time again that he isn't a bully. And the White House seems to prefer another term. "The American people elected a fighter," spokesperson Sanders said.
But that didn't quell the criticism that he is abusing the power of the presidential podium.
"It's not healthy, it's not healthy" according to the First Lady, Melania Trump on Social Media Bullying.
It's time Trump heed the advice from his own wife, First Lady, Melania Trump especially on Social Media Bullying, directed at even his own cabinet member such as the AG Jeff Sessions.
The president on Tuesday accused Sessions of being weak on stemming leaks from the intelligence community.
“I want the leaks from intelligence agencies, which are leaking like rarely have they ever leaked before, at a very important level. These are intelligence agencies we cannot have that happen,” Trump said.
Newly installed White House communications chief Anthony Scaramucci said this week that he was ready to “fire everybody” to end the stream of unauthorized information coming from the press office.
Trump has been blasting Sessions daily, leaving him hanging as rumors swirl about his ultimate demise.
But now look at what the Newly White House communications chief Anthony Scaramucci said before he was installed as White House communications chief.
Enough already of Trumps' weak and childish rants and raves on Twitter, it is not very presidential and the GOP is tiring of his nonsense and are not supportive of his outbursts. Even the majority of Trumps' supporters want Trump to control himself and stay off Twitter and start acting presidential, not like a child making comments with 140 Characters in Tweets to get a point across on the "bully pulpit" by "Donald J. Trump: Cyberbully-In-Chief,".
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