Middle School survival of the fittest contests continue.
I think this crap has been going on in middle school for ages... the social media angle is new, and so is the reluctance of teachers to get involved, lest they get accused of racism or assault, etc.
“...Middle School survival of the fittest contests continue...”
Indeed. Lord of the Flies was a documentary, not a fiction.
We learn perhaps the single most important rule of life in the playground: “Fists win more arguments than words EVER will.”