The Irony of Media, Hollywood on Bullying

I’m sure you’re familiar with the “It gets better” campaign circulating in Hollywood wherein celebrities tape PSAs with an anti-bullying message and the videos are released on Youtube.

Personally, my anti-bullying message would be to knock a bully on his ass, because pacifism doesn’t deter knuckle-draggers who like to beat up on anyone they feel to be vulnerable. Pacifism doesn’t work in every situation and the encouraging words of a celebrity, no matter how well-meant, only carry so far.

Regardless, media and Hollywood like propagating one thing and doing another.

Take these two most recent instances of what I describe as pop-culture bullying:

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Forgive me if I take Hollywood less than seriously about their anti-bullying message due to the above.