First of all, bullying happens anyways. In fact, it's safer to assume that bullying is the norm rather than a deviance -- some are just better at being subtle than others. With that said, the gifted child is just as likely to treat that as a crash course in how to bully, in large part because they will inevitably become aware that penalties for bullying are more lax for them than for others, and they will be rewarded for figuring out how to outwit the system.