A folk tale would be kind of like an urban legend
I believe it’s a because the author specifically uses you, which calls the audience to act. hope this helped!
The root wor for kicking is kick
In the media they showed sport personalities such as footballers as a negative way and only showing this way, and this can influence people who are fans of the players or the team and they will follow them in their footsteps that can lead to others acting to ppl in a negative way