there is smth interesting in the relatively recent and p drastic decline in bullying rates (see downthread of quoted; i'd love to read some phenomenological data of how the change occurred) but the screenshotted brings up points i rarely see discussed by anyone (except @ctbeiser)
you have to remember, mid-late-2000s US culture was at this bizarre stalemate. Bush had spent most of his goodwill, the invasion of Iraq which a supermajority of the population had enthusiastically supported had degenerated into a historically unpopular war
