Future Democrat in the making. Never let anyone walk all over you.
Its complete B.S. to blame a kid for not fighting back against a bully. Bullies seek out where they have all the advantages. They bully when they are bigger or stronger or have buddies and the victim is alone. Likely the poor kid was outmatched and really had no chance, so he deals with it by forming a narrative about him just being noble. He is only human, and only a kid. Its sick to come down on him about that. If we don't want him thinking that way, then somebody needed to step into the situation and back him up. Kids at schools need to be taught that a real man doesn't just yell "fight! fight! fight!" when a bully starts pushing a smaller kid around. A real man defends the weak and the innocent.