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Originally Posted by To Be Quite Honest
One can completely disagree with another. It's something that makes western society so great. Using words like "you're stupid, moron, or idiot" are words that degrade the conversation and cause people to attack back further degrading the discussion. If you are attacking someone you are bullying them.
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If you don't vaccinate your children, you are stupid, you are a moron, and you are an idiot.
Categorical statements rarely have places in online discussion forums. I disagree with people who say "you're religious therefore you're an idiot", for example. Because it doesn't follow.
However, if someone (for example) brought a gun in their backpack to school, that person would be (rightly) vilified. If someone called that person an idiot, it would not be "bullying".
Sometimes people do really stupid things and need to be called really stupid. This is one of those cases.