Perhaps Mr. Warner does not have much experience with Bullies. You cannot be meek in responding to their tactics or they escalate and they become increasingly bold in their "asks" (read demands). This does not mean you can be stupid about it. Bullies can be unpredictable when you stand up to them and you can pick battles that are better off avoided and have things backfire. But they are predictable if you do not reply with some toughness: they will stream roller you until you are broken and bleeding. They will end up with way more than they even thought they could get.

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