There are times where one stands idly by when another is being bullied, or picked on. Sometimes people just do not know how to react to situation like those.
I remember when this happened to me, I happen to be one of those who sometimes can idly stand by. I watched first hand as a girl in 7th grade getting teased, bullied and even jumped, all because she was a lesbian. She had short brown hair, blue eyes, and she was not very tall, and a little on the chubby side. I would always see her in the hallways or by the bathrooms getting bullied by these preppy girls who were homophobic and were very conceded, it sickened me, I couldn’t bare to watch.  She’s too shy and antisocial to speak up for herself; she’d normally just run off into the bathrooms and cry. Poor girl was scared out of her mind.
In my head I had a voice, a voice that’d tell them to leave her be. But why couldn’t I speak out, nothing could ever escape my lips, no words, nothing. I was scared to speak my piece of mind, I was afraid they’d pick on me too, either way I felt terrible. I could feel my leg shake, my anxiety run through my body, I bite my tongue and just watch this disaster occur over and over, I was shy, and frightened. Standing idly by as a hate crime was being committed was one of the hardest things to do. I felt sad, and angry. I’d go home every day feeling like I did something wrong, deep down I knew her pain.  I’ve been bullied too, and I still am.
Overall, Standing idly by happens, It’s not wrong nor right, Some of us cannot find our inner voice and stand up for one another, other times, one cannot even though they know a negative situation is being preformed there before them, I encourage everyone find their inner voice, no matter what situation it is, because standing idly by hurts everyone in the end.