Tony Wilson Quotes

I'm not good with bullies and zealots.

It's never fun to read death threats.

You motherfucker Jew bastard, get your ass out of Chicago.

I believe absolutely that words must be treated as material weapons, every invective or threat as violence and aggression.

I don't understand why or how we can bully each other.

Fans seemingly project their frustration and anger on the players and coaches. This results in insults and even in people spitting at us.

One lady wrote me and told me how she wants to see me get beat up and near death and that kind of stuff.

The worst thing about being the laureate has been the attitude of a tiny minority of adults who haven't liked some of the things I'm supposed to have said and who have used it as an opportunity to be verbally abusive and nasty, but I haven't let it rule my world!

There's something about rhetorical violence that is ugly and worrying.

The things that make me very angry are injustice and bullying. If I see someone bullying a woman or child in the street, or kicking a dog, I go completely mad.

Bullies are just ignorant.

Bullying is never fun, it's a cruel and terrible thing to do to someone. If you are being bullied, it is not your fault. No one deserves to be bullied, ever.

I hate bullies. I hate them. I'm not good enough with words to describe how much I hate them.

A lot of my friends were gay, so I was spat on on the bus daily, and I ended up in hospital a couple of times from being beaten up so badly.

I heard the various terms of abuse at school and probably indulged them in the way you do as a kid.

One thing I've learned about death threats is that they're great, actually. You should actually be grateful for death threats because those who are taking the time to threaten you that way are getting it out of their system. That's really what they rant to do, yell at you, and they want to threaten you.

Words can be like baseball bats when used maliciously.

Everyone in America likely has a bullying story, whether as the victim, bully or as a witness.

Nobody likes to be picked on. Nobody.

Bullying is a terrible, terrible thing.

I have a problem with bullying.

We're picking on people we can beat.

I've had threats.

Scum!

You’re a thug. Now get out of here and keep away.