(NOTE: I include this excellent piece by Dr. David Yamada of the Workplace Bullying Institute because we are seeing classic bullying behavior infect and distort our national political discourse. This will have a collateral imact on schools. This is not a political issue, it’s a sociological one — and presents a useful teaching moment for tomorrow’s voters. – Mike)
This blog has championed the connecting of different types of abusive behavior, grounded in the conviction that bullying, mobbing, and harassment occur in many settings, often while showing similar underlying qualities.
These behaviors are not limited to those of a given ideology. After all, for example, horrific workplace bullying can occur in white shoe corporate settings as well as in grassroots social change organizations, in blue and red states alike.
But the violence, threats, and denunciations coming from the extremist right wing in connection with the health care legislation are disturbing and must be called out.