Who does these things?

What is your confession op?

To be disgusted by people leaving dog poo in bags, in the tree or on the ground is not bullying. Littering and fly tipping are similar selfish behaviours and I am happy to educate the ignorant and call them out online. As a frail old lady, I am going to be careful about calling people out in person as some get aggressive, but I am happy to campaign against this online where I am protected.

@AquaPeer If you let us know where you live, we can all come and hang our poo in your garden if you think it is ok.

You think It’s not harmful to mass deride someone, multiple posts that they have to read one after the other calling them names? Take the very mild derision aimed at me above;

smelly
horrible
justifying disgusting behaviour

do I care what that poster thinks? No. Would I care if 10 different posters were saying the same one after the other? I would feel a little upset, yes. It feels overwhelming and cruel.

But it's adults in an equal position of power having a robust exchange of opinions. No one weak or vulnerable is being targeted. Which is definition of bullying . There isn't a power imbalance here.

People who leave pooh bags around aren't incapable . They are people who have made a behavioural choice. Some are fine with it and others aren't .

It's as harmless as saying women are adult human females or that the sun is hot. Neither of those are actually hurtful opinions

Why not do it here? Nobody is harmed . It's not exactly bullying or racism.

Well if you wouldn’t do it face to face don’t do it here (and before you say it that’s not just you Huey, it’s all the posters saying similar)

I can assure you I have no wish to control the world . I wouldn't go up to someone in the park and confront them because I am shy and they might retaliate . Which I know is a bit pathetic of me, I do own that. I just don't like being surrounded by dog poo and fly tipping. I don't see anything controversial about that.

Maybe the worst that will happen is the shamed person won't change their behaviour. I don't know. They don't seem to care what others think of them generally. But it's not wrong to express an opinion.

Again, I have not demonstrate any bullying or attempts to control or Billy people in any of my responses.

it's not bullying to say people shouldn't litter or leave dog poo around. It's expressing an opinion. They aren't being coerced or forced to change their behaviour. They have free agency . I am not sure you know what bullying even means if you think this is it. Why should we put up with dog poo ruining where we live? It's not hard to pick up dog poo. If I can do it anyone can. That's not arrogance, that's the truth. Staying the obvious, even.

it's not like people can't just change their behaviour if they want to. if they felt shame they would change, I'm guessing may be they don't care.

You don’t get it do you? You don’t get to control the world. You don’t get to bully people until they behave the way you want.

“Maybe the "abuse" you're talking about will stop these people being offensive and smelly and antisocial. Win-win situation.”

you are repeating over and over that you think it’s a great idea to bully people into behaving in a way you think is acceptable. Can’t you see how immature and arrogant that is?

Abuse? You're having a laugh . Some people end up with severe trauma issues from being bullied and even kill themselves . You saying "hanging dog poo from trees is disgusting " causes neither trauma nor suicide. It's harmless behaviour. let's not insult actual victims of abuse by conflating these two things.

it's inconsiderate to litter or leave bags of dog crap lying about. My sympathies are with those who have to be surrounded by it, not the people who cause the problem.

Maybe the "abuse" you're talking about will stop these people being offensive and smelly and antisocial. Win-win situation.

Who cares? Maybe they don’t like the way your face looks or the way you pick up apples in the fruit section. There is no standard involved in abusing people

To take your example, there's a difference between calling someone a smelly cunt and publicly expressing an opinion that people need to wash, and it's antisocial to be out in public with BO. One is abuse, the other is not.

That's not comparable. You are talking about someone being abusive to a specific person. No one is writing anything abusive in this post. People are just saying they don't like certain behaviours . I've not read any unkind or abusive posts in this thread.

😂 freedom of speech. C’mon.

Imagine if you were in the supermarket and someone came up to you and called you a smelly cunt. I’m sure you’d be like “isn’t it lovely to witness their freedom of speech?!”Lovely!

Well I believe in freedom of speech. If people.don't like being shamed for their behaviour maybe they should stop the behaviour . Simples.

Yes because my posts were a general response to the sentiment and not all about you

I never said they were a dirty tucker who had been dragged up. I didn't say anything unkind or cruel. I did say they should be called out on it. It's harmless to call people out on anti social behaviour . It might help them stop doing it .

What a perfect illustration of my bullying accusation above.

i haven’t smoked for 20 years.

I’m sorry, are you, a smoker, genuinely trying to justify sticking disgusting butts on the floor ( a risk to kids and wildlife) because you don’t want your clothes to smell or deal with the rubbish? You know you already smell right, and it should be your litter your risk. Smokers are horrible, as if second hand carcinogens weren’t enough.

I think you’re taking my post too literally.

1. OP: tell me why you do xyz I want to know
2. poster: I do xyz because abc
3. eveyone: you dirty fucker how dare you. Your parents dragged you up. You’re dragging your own street urchins up. You should be ashamed to live.
4. me: you’re bullying
5. you: no I am publicly shaming! They deserve it

The unfortunate thing about bags biodegrading is the tend to go bottom first so the poo falls out back onto the floor then the rest of the bag kinda hangs there and the birds sometimes use it for nesting material then the leaves cover it for a bit then autumn comes and it's mostly still there until it gets cleaned up

What demographic are you op?

WHO are the people who let their feral older children terrorise the babies in the under 3 parts of indoor soft play areas? Never a parent to be seen! It's especially bad when it's a school day? WHO is letting their kid not go to school and then paying for them to go to soft play instead?