My observation is that bullies generally grow up to be labor leaders, Democrat politicians, and CEO's. Sociopaths, in other words. Refusal to let the good kids hit back since the 70's has led directly to a lot of societal dysfunction.
The courts declared children had the adult right of free speech in schools around 1972,and that ended the ability of a teacher to intervene or make it a ‘teaching’ moment for bad behavior. Chaos is never a good thing in school, so now we have hate speech. But the teacher still does not have the ability to put a stop to bullying like they used to. Sometimes you need help understanding court decisions.