Beware of anti-bullying laws

VIEWPOINT ~~ Beware of anti-bullying laws:

This is a great editorial on why anti-bullying laws are ineffective. Here’s my favorite part of the article.

Government regulation of offensive speech opens the door to any complaint of being offended, by anyone, for any reason. The Columbine killers have often been described as victims yet they themselves routinely rejected and harassed all classmates who did not share their antisocial beliefs and behavior. Then they ironically protested of being bullied when their offensive behavior did not endear them to their peers. Had speech laws been in effect at Columbine, students like Klebold and Harris would have made numerous frivolous bullying complaints just to punish everyone they didn’t like.

So wouldn’t that be anti-bullying laws being used to bully?

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