Tools for Battling a Bully:
Weapons to Deal with Aggressive Speech

A bully will use innuendoes and generalizations in subtle speech patterns that are extremely aggressive. Your best weapon is to force him to be specific.

Responses to aggressive speech patterns from a bully

I'm interested in hearing your perspective. Can you explain what you meant by ___? What specific things do you think we should do? It would be really helpful if you could explain what you meant by ___. I don't understand what you mean by that. Can you explain? What is it about me that makes you think that?

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