OK, so...are you a bully?

I'm talking about political bullying. We are quite familiar with it in fact, as we experience it in every election cycle these days with political adds on television and paper adds and other broadcast media. We say we don't like all of the negative adds, yet all we do is complain about what we hear as well as complain about the politicians once they are elected. We often say we are too busy to get out and vote. I don't understand the complaining if we don't go vote. In my opinion, there is no room for complaining much about who you get if you don't vote. Now if you do vote then I think you have the right to say something about who is elected and about what is done by the people elected.
So, are you a bully? What do I mean by that? Well, do you allow bullying to take place in your family, at your work place, by your peers or boss? Do you allow bullying between siblings? If you are in a school setting, do you you allow kids to bully one another if you see it? Is bullying a part of your culture? There are some cultures that expect it. If we allow bullying when we see it, are we not a party to it? I don't know, but it's something to think about. If we allow political bullying, are we not saying to our youth that it is perfectly alright to bully? How can we say to our children that we don't want them to bully one another when they see adults do it all the time during election campaigns? Just a thought...