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12/17/11(Sat)09:34 No.5255211I
think that people who say stuff like "people shouldn't kill themselves
because of bullying, bullying's always happened" etc are forgetting 3
big things: firstly, yeah bullying's always happened, and people have
always killed themselves because of it. NEITHER phenomenon is new, you
just hear about it a lot better now because derp, 20 years ago no one
outside the US would hear about an American kid suiciding because of
bullying. Nowadays you do. Secondly, different people react differently
to different things. If I went up to you and called your mom a whore,
you'd probably laugh it off. But what if your mom was a literal
prostitute? What if she just died? Those are extreme examples, but
hopefully you see what I mean. Just because you can laugh it off doesn't
mean that everyone can, because everyone is in a different situation.
The
third thing, of course, is that "bullying" is an insanely broad term,
which could mean anything from calling your mom a slut to sexual
harassment. I was bullied back at school, by which I mean a few girls
used to shout insults at me if I walked past them between classes. My ex
was also bullied at his school, by which I mean that he was literally
beaten into a bloody pulp after classes every single day, to the point
of hospitalization. |