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the person who says 'not cool' before anyone else even finishes flinching.
means someone who actively intervenes to stop bullying or injustice instead of just watching it happen.
from coined as the deliberate opposite of bystander, gaining traction through anti-bullying education in the 2000s to give the helper a name too.
opposite ofbystander, the polite word for doing nothing
popularized byholocaust education and school anti-bullying programs
requiresaction, not just disapproving thoughts