So everybody's all down on Charlie Sheen again, this time for going on a Twitter tirade encouraging his followers to deliver rotten eggs and/or dog poop to an elementary school in protest of the administration's failure to stop his 9-year-old daughter Sam from being bullied. And I've got to say -- it's not often that I find myself in agreement with Charlie Sheen, but as a mom, I get where he's coming from. Maybe the rotten eggs and/or dog poop idea is a little out of hand, but it sounds like his poor kid was being seriously victimized. And what's MORE frustrating, Sheen and ex-wife Denise Richards reportedly had a "number of meetings" with school officials in an attempt to solve the problem, but the bullying continued ... to the point where Sam was getting physically ill.
That's just not okay.
Apparently the bulk of the bullying came from a classmate named Victoria, who teased Sam "relentlessly" about everything from her skin to her hair to, not surprisingly, her dad's "winning" phase. Finally Charlie and Denise pulled Sam out of the school. And considering they tried solving the problem the "right" way, needing to uproot Sam was a move which got a certain dad's tiger blood boiling, hence the following Tweet:
If you have a rotten egg, a roll of toilet paper or some dog s**t, I urge you to deliver it with ‘extreme prejudice’ to the campus run by trolls and charlatans. Make me proud. And if you’re feeling the ‘show and tell’ of it all, smear the s**t to spell one name on the front door: VICTORIA.
Like I said, the rotten egg/poop stuff kinda crosses a line of sorts, but I honestly don't blame Charlie for feeling this strongly about the situation. If somebody was bullying one of my kids to the point of making her or him physically ill, I'd be pretty damn pissed myself.
Can you understand why Charlie Sheen wants to throw dog poop at his daughter's bully?
Image via Joella Marano/Flickr
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i dont blame him one bit
Are you kidding me...He's an adult and he's encouraging other people to act out aggressively to the school. He's just a big bully himself. I'm sorry that his daughter got picked on in school but seriously, he provided much of the material himself for it. This just goes to show that actions of parents/adults can and do effect their children. It also shows that many times, the victim in turn often becomes the bully and then the cycle continues. It's never right to teach to bully by becoming a bully.
I'd totally pull a stunt from the movie "40 something" and personally pick that bully out and make her feel like shit. I can't stand bullies, or their (most of the time) in denial parents. If MY kid were the bully I would have no issues making her stand up in the auditorium and give a speech about bullying and then I'd ground her for a week. Bullying isn't just making someone feel bad, it drives kids to kill themselves. Did Charlie take it a bit overboard? Yes. But he's Charlie freakin Sheen, what do you expect? I'm not disapointed in the least though :) I'm glad he can get away with what most people wish they could in this situation.
Wow LovinJerseyMom - are you seriously saying that if your child was bullied at school you solution would be to become a bully yourself?
You say 'Bullying isn't just making someone feel bad, it drives kids to kill themselves " yet your solution is to become a bully yourself by "personally pick that bully out and make her feel like shit"???
What are you actually teaching your child other than the lesson that it is OK to bully someone so long as you come out on top? Oh - and if you feel your suggeested actions and your approval of Charlie's suggestions are the correct course then you have just qualified as one of those "in denial parents" you claim you cannot stand......
its not something i would do or condone anyone to do. i am not saying its ok and that it should be done but people say things out of anger and he was probably enraged so i cant be mad at him for it. again not saying its ok at all, just saying he has a right to be angry and again, he probably said it out of anger and regrets saying it now. you all gonna tell me you have never said something stupid oiut of anger? we are all human after all
Bullying is a repetitive behavior. By confronting the bully and demanding they stop the behavior and telling them they need to apologize doesn't make me the bully. Would I like to slap that child upside the head? Yes! But would I do it? No, of course not. But I won't sit by and let my children be tormented
He's telling people to vandalize private propery. How can anyone think this is ok??