Don’t blame the bully, blame the system | Alix Lambert | TEDxKC
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This talk was given at a local TEDx event, produced independently of the TED Conferences. A string of six teen suicides prompted by bullying in Mentor, Ohio led Alix Lambert to a horrifying discovery -- the system and every single adult associated with it failed to act in the face of a clear and present danger. * This talk contains profanity and deals with adult issues (like suicide) in a very direct manner. Alix Lambert's feature length documentary “The Mark of Cain” was nominated for an Independent Spirit Award, received an honorable mention from the French Association of Journalism, and aired on “Nightline.” She went on to produce additional segments of “Nightline” as well as seven segments for the PBS series “LIFE 360.” She has directed and produced two other feature length documentaries, “Bayou Blue” (made in collaboration with David McMahon) and “Mentor.” She has directed numerous shorts and music videos including “You as You Were” for the band Shearwater (Sub Pop) and “Tiffany” (POV). Lambert has written for a number of magazines including Stop Smiling, ArtForum, The LA Weekly, and Filmmaker Magazine, and is an editor at large for the literary journal Open City. She is also an author and director and is currently producing a segment for “This American Life.” Website: http://pinkghettoproductions.com Twitter: @lixilamb About TEDx, x = independently organized event In the spirit of ideas worth spreading, TEDx is a program of local, self-organized events that bring people together to share a TED-like experience. At a TEDx event, TEDTalks video and live speakers combine to spark deep discussion and connection in a small group. These local, self-organized events are branded TEDx, where x = independently organized TED event. The TED Conference provides general guidance for the TEDx program, but individual TEDx events are self-organized.* (*Subject to certain rules and regulations)
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By "system" have we defined what it is that holds the people together being destroyed by a "few"? Or is it a global environment to which that idea of cohesion is poorly adapted and what we see is the logical outcome of bad information?
Why are behavioural Psychologists ineffectual on the global scale, are they "fighting the war against...", whatever? Policies conducted in secret against the interests of a democracy will show up in dissonance of the society won't they? If there is a causal relationship with the result of individuals being bullied, and no one in "authority" reacts, there is no proper accountability.
The democratic system has been inverted.
And by "Behavioral Psychologist" I mean Teacher and Parent of course. -
I'm in tears ,like seriously ,a girl's died because of the bullies and they still made fun of the dress that she was wearing when she's buried !...That's just terrible and inhuman ,like really I wanna blame their parents !
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wrong,idts
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Bullies will always get there's as long a s I am round! When you identify a bully you have to do something asap! So when the system doesn't denies you address. Fix the system! How? Guess.#bullieskill #bulliesarepsycho #bulliesbleed #darkageslinger #fukabully #suicide #parentsarebullies #bullysystem
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the story of the girl who committed suicide because the school wouldn't help her with her bully problem is what I kind of went through at Lake Forest yes that is actually a name of the school my dad went to that school as a kid so he thought it would be a great idea to send me there and the first day was pretty nice but in the middle of the year I think I don't remember and I don't want to remember but let me tell you this I am not a racist I think that both white and black people are the same but me and probably one other kid in my class was white and when we went to the playground and play this game called GaGa ball I would hear people say racist things to me now I don't remember the racist things that they said but towards the end of the year this kids that always wore a black and green jacket tripped me and pushed me every time I played Gaga and whenever I told her teacher about it they would do absolutely nothing and there have been other bully incidents with me too at that school and I was being bullied so much that we went to the principal and when my dad talk to the principal saying that I was being bullied this is what the principal said "we know* and I think it was three or four weeks till the end of the year well the school year ended and the kid that wore a black and green jacket push me out the guy kept it and when I got in he pushed me over and over I took the garbage out the bed and ran to the teacher when I told the teacher about what he did the teacher said "why are you beating up my student?!" after that I was done I told my dad what had happened and he took me out of that school I think the principal and two other people got fired this story stands out to me because not only one but many people have gotten bullyed in this one school and the one they talk about in the story
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Blame the bully. Go ahead and blame both, but be sure to blame the bully
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why the hell does an audience always have to laugh even on the
most innapropriate things or anything slightly 'cool'..?? 90% of the people are so barainwashed and mainstrem and conform to social accepted and cool stereotypes society andDmedia tells them to be..
nobody has the courage and guts to step out of the line and be themselves -
You are a wonderful human being Alix and a great artist.Love you and your work and compassion and caring toward life.U are adorable girl
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sue the bloody school after all schools are liable for your safety and the conduct of its pupils .....SUE THE BLOODY SCHOOL
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BULLYING IS A VERY CONTAGIOUS FOOT , HANDS AND MOUTH DISEASE !!!!!!!!!!!
HOW COME ???
BECAUSE WHEN SOMEONE BULLIED YOU......HE OR SHE MAKE VERY SURE THEY ARE THE ONES WHO GOT THIS DISEASE ..
THEY USED THEIR FEET TO GO PLACES JUST TO HUNT YOU DOWN
THEY USED THEIR FEET TO KICK YOU AND THEIR HANDS TO CHOKE YOU
THEY USED THEIR MOUTH TO SMEAR YOUR NAME....EITHER PHYSICALLY BY THEIR VERY PRESENCE IN FRONT OF YOU OR HIDE BEHIND THE INTERNET TO BE THE COWARD ANONYMOUS !!!!!
FOOT , HANDS AND MOUTH DISEASE USUALLY SHOW SIGNS OF VERY ITCHY RASHES AND HIGH FEVER IN THE INFECTED BODY
USUALLY THE VICTIM CAN BE SINGLED OUT AND MUST BE QUARANTINED ....FOR IT IS HIGHLY CONTAGIOUS !!!!!!!!
SO IN SOCIETY TODAY......BULLIES MUST BE QUARANTINED FOR THEIR OWN SAKE OF SURVIVAL !!!!!!!
FOR IF THEY ARE NOT BUT LEFT TO EXIST IN SOCIETY.......THIS CONTAGIOUS DISEASE MIGHT KILL THEM !!!!!!!
SO STOP BULLYING ...... BEFORE BULLYING MIGHT KILL YOU FIRST !!!!!!!! -
no wonder i fucking hate people!!! 90%of humans are evil cunts!!
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"hanged" herself, not "hung" herself.
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Narcissist are bullies, they get their jollies from it.
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Children learn how to be bullies from adults, from media, from social constructs. They will continue to bully, unless/until they learn otherwise. BUT...the younger they are when they learn to bully, the harder it is for them to change.
Society aids and abets bullying "to build character", and, because we''ve been brought up to believe war and aggression is OK...so far, war and aggression is lucrative--maybe when it no longer is, we might see less bullying. -
Of course, bullying does not occur in a vacuum. The system enables it.
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maybe the guy has an itchy as**hole and wanted to type calling everybody it
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she has funny bullies
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"kids will be kids" and stil you wonder why are all of those shootings
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It's sad to think that some people think bullying is part of human nature. I have lived in countries where it's almost non existent. It's not human nature. It's natural to be nice to others. And this attitude that "everyone is gonna mean at some point" is what is propagating bullying across the globe. More and more people are becoming blind as to what life's meaning is. People are becoming more obsessed with the materialistic world and have lost insight with their true nature. And that's heartbreaking to me.
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