What do cyberbullies have to say?

Here are some pretty honest quotes from people who know they've cyberbullied. Pay close attention to the reasons why they say they cyberbullied.

- 15 year-old boy from undisclosed location: “Well the only reason I bullied is because the same person I was doing it to, did it to me like a week before. It wasn't the right thing to do but at the time it felt like I was getting revenge”

- 15 year-old girl from Canada: ”Sometimes I get insulted for no reason because I said my mind so then I get into a fight and feel good when I convince the person/change their perspective/prove I'm right because it shows I have an impact on people. Once I got into a huge fight because these girls were bullying one of my friends and I tried to tell them to stop resulting in them insulting me very badly but me getting insulting them all the same. They made threats to beat her up, what else could I do? They printed out what I said but not what they said and showed the principal. I got in a lot of trouble but talked my way out of it telling the TRUTH (something THEY didn’t do) and got let off with a warning.”

Have you ever found yourself in a situation when you've thought that writing something bad about a person online was the only thing you could do to protect yourself or a friend?

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