Who is "we"? When I was in first grade, my teacher was some guy who probably shouldn't have been teaching. Back then my stutter was horrible. I remember how exhausting and humiliating it was to have it. Well, one day, Mr. Douche-canoe made a remark about my stutter. I don't remember exactly what he said (40+ years ago), but it made me upset enough that i told my dad. The next morning, my dad walked me into class, walked over to Mr. Douche-canoe and pushed a fist into his chest, pinning him against the wall. In front of the entire class, my dad gets nose to nose with his guy and says, "You wanna pick on someone, pick on me motherfucker. You got something to say? Say it boy. You EVER say a fucking word to my son about something other than schoolwork, and I will make sure you have a real bad fucking day. Do you read me you stupid fuck? Answer me fuckface!" In my mind I remember Mr. Douche-canoe pissing himself, but that may not have happened, and my dad never mentioned that part. That was the last time I saw Mr. Douche-canoe though. We had a substitute for the rest of the year. Moral of the story is, its pointless to reason with a bully. Someone who sees you as a less than does not have the mental faculties required for understanding. Most of the time you don't have to actually hit someone, but they have to believe you will, and that means you have to believe you will. I'd like to hear all of the bully success stories that didn't end in a scuffle, but I don't believe there are statistically enough for one to see this comment. I'm not promoting violence, but sometimes you just need to do what you have to do. Kids who rely on telling someone to solve their problems usually get nowhere or end up on the news. Tell me I'm wrong and you've led a privileged life of not being tormented to a breaking point. There's always that kid who gets fucked with to the point of you think they'll snap. If that kid had been empowered to fight their bully, then maybe they wouldn't live the rest of their life feeling bad about who they are. I just started following this sub a few months ago and I've already seen several posts where kids/young adults are feeling like pure dog shit about themselves to the point where they feel that their only hope is ending their life. Thats fucked up to have that thougt because you stutter. But it's not because you stutter. You feel so bad because someone has made you think that you're worthless by treating you like a non-human. I am 51 years old. I have awesome adult kids, a lovely wife, a great job where I'm well thought of, in a field where I'm well respected by my peers. The other day I stuttered in front of a coworker for a brief moment, and i felt like that little boy in first grade who was made fun of by his teacher. That shit stays with you. For a long time. So some bullies got hurt or intimidated along the way, BFD. Letting that shit out on the deserving party probably kept me from turning it on myself and not being alive right now. I get what you're saying, and my kids have been raised to believe in non-violence, but sometimes a bully just needs to be smacked in the mouth as catharsis and healing.