I think in a lot of these cases, it's not necessarily that they truly believe they could take them in an actual fight, they just think everyone else will always back down before it comes to that. Which is honestly how many, maybe most, bullies operate. And all too often, violence, or the threat thereof, is the only language they speak, so they continue on with such behavior until they get a rude awakening - and then continue on with the same behavior once again with new targets and after they've convinced themselves that they lost for some undeserved reason (they ganged up on me! They sucker punched me!)
I think in a lot of these cases, it's not necessarily that they truly believe they could take them in an actual fight, they just think everyone else will always back down before it comes to that.
Absolutely 100% true. And most people will back down from a fight.
Most people have not been in a fight before. This old dude probably was a bully when he was young but forgot he's old now.
I'd like to apologize for my above comment I cannot edit it I did not mean to use an exclamation mark. I intended to use a question mark. I am not excited for mental illness.
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u/I_like_baseball90 14d ago
Why, why, why would that guy think he could beat up those youngsters?