This story struck me as relevant to HN because I so often see managers who seem to belong to this "successful bully" class. They leverage their natural instincts for microaggressions, superior attitude, etc., to gain social status and climb the corporate ladder, although this is less pronounced in the nerd-dominated world of tech.
Bullying seems to work pretty well. Look at the ex-mozilla and Reddit CEO. They were both bullied until they were forced to 'resign'.<p>But it seems, we want to talk about how bad bullying is when it comes to being gay or transgender, but when it comes to Christians, Republicans, or anyone that has a differing view in many political views (climate change, drug laws), bullying is accepted. Even here on HN.<p>It's why I can't really take any campaign against bullying seriously. I just don't care anymore.