So long as a union continues to act in the best interest of the people it is supposed to represent (both short term and long term) it can be a good thing. Is that controversial? This article seems to be predicated upon the assumption that this is a controversial concept. :/

The video where the swaggering vault dweller opens fire on the Supermutants (who are not showing any obvious signs of aggression)? Of course.

You would need to know something about the franchise to know that was just a prudent move and not the aggressive act of a psychopathic killer wandering the wastes killing every…

The reality is that comedians are heckled all the time about just about anything you can imagine. The audience doesn’t pick up a manual on “proper heckling according to SirBroad” on their way in to a venue. A comedian either learns to deal with whatever actually is coming at them or they stop being comedians. It’s OK…

I’m sure hecklers read the rule book on their way in to the theater.

My point is that the form the “heckling” takes, beyond the extremes (like physically assaulting or following someone home, etc), is largely irrelevant. You can deal with what you are going to get or you can’t. That makes the difference between a…

Evidently not.

The child example was to illustrate the “position of weakness” dimensions of the definition. I wasn’t being purely exclusionary with my use of the word... simply illustrating the most obvious case.

No. If you choose to pursue a public facing career you should expect public scrutiny. If you are unable to deal with public scrutiny then you aren’t qualified to have a public facing career.

He describes his experience... “they are tweeting and laughing”. This doesn’t appear to be gamergame (as some of you folks seem…

Where, precisely, did I defend bullies?

I would never claim that anyone should be OK with harassment. I was simply pointing out that if you choose to be out in the public an integral qualification for that is dealing with public scrutiny (some of witch you probably won’t like).

This is like pursuing a career in law enforcement and getting upset because some…

I probably overreacted a bit... there are kids killing themselves because of what I (and probably most people, upon careful reflection) would consider “real” bullying and this grown adult gets to claim their experiencing something similar because the public scrutiny he was actively pursuing took a turn he doesn’t…

Opinion respectfully noted.

I could concede that this is technically bullying... in the sense that a comedian heckled is technically being bullied. To use an analogy... I just think that a comedian that quits comedy because of hecklers is not a very good comedian. Dealing with hecklers, for better or worse, is inherent to the profession. It’s a …

I could concede that this is technically bullying... in the sense that a comedian heckled is technically being bullied . I just think that a comedian that quits comedy because of hecklers is not a very good comedian. Dealing with hecklers, for better or worse, is inherent to the profession. It’s a qualification for…

Substantive.

By that reasoning no person has any personal responsibility for their own actions... it’s always someone else’s fault.

Oh, some of what he is experiencing certainly seems to fit the definition of harassment. I just don’t presume that harassment necessarily equates to bullying. A fly can harass a horse but I wouldn’t make the claim that a fly can bully a horse (for example).

There is pretty much only one remotely relevant definition for the word “bully” and it doesn’t make much sense in this context so far as I can tell. I’m certainly open to you explaining why you think otherwise.

It sounds like he leaving because he is poorly suited for commentating... not everyone is well suited to be in the lime light (where privacy is, for better or worse, a privilege not a right). He has nothing to be ashamed of and I hope this life experience helps him to figure that out.

I mean... it stretches credulity…

He wasn’t on screen much but his presence was felt in nearly every scene.

I think we all get that it was somewhat central to the narrative... but... yeah... that is maybe the whole problem. Stark had some very important thing to say near the end by which time I just wanted him to go away.

Is that you, Buzzfeed?