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FreeState (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-21-10 10:51 PM Original message |
Another Gay Teen Takes Life After School Attacks (17 year old Terrel Williams of Lakewood WA) |
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RKP5637 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-21-10 10:55 PM Response to Original message |
1. Recommend!!! The hatred is this country is pathological and dangerous, now |
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sakabatou (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-21-10 10:56 PM Response to Original message |
2. Dammit. Why? Why? Why? |
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Angry Dragon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-22-10 12:05 AM Response to Reply #2 |
12. I will tell you why things like this happen |
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blue sky at night (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-21-10 11:01 PM Response to Original message |
3. i feel that all of life is cheapened by this.... |
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Initech (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-21-10 11:08 PM Response to Original message |
4. God damn it. This shit is becoming an epidemic. |
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donco6 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-21-10 11:44 PM Response to Reply #4 |
11. Honestly, I believe it's always been so. |
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Smarmie Doofus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-22-10 02:27 PM Response to Reply #11 |
19. No, they're not. |
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Rhythm (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-22-10 02:41 PM Response to Reply #19 |
23. He did NOT say it HAD to be this way... just said that it has been for a long time... |
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Smarmie Doofus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-22-10 03:04 PM Response to Reply #23 |
28. I rarely ... maybe *never* ... disagree w. donco6. |
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JustABozoOnThisBus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-22-10 09:24 PM Response to Reply #11 |
49. Possibly we're getting more realistic reporting ... |
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uppityperson (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-22-10 09:30 PM Response to Reply #11 |
51. Wow, I just remembered a friend suiciding in high school. Never heard much about it |
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Smarmie Doofus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-21-10 11:10 PM Response to Original message |
5. UGH. |
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FreeState (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-21-10 11:12 PM Response to Reply #5 |
6. Obama spoke out on it today - It Gets Better Video |
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Smarmie Doofus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-21-10 11:35 PM Response to Reply #6 |
7. This is an amazing statement: |
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kenny blankenship (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-21-10 11:38 PM Response to Reply #7 |
8. Agree, on everything. |
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Smashcut (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-22-10 03:42 AM Response to Reply #7 |
13. I think that particular statement you quoted |
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Smarmie Doofus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-22-10 05:28 AM Response to Reply #13 |
14. Whoa. You're quit right , Smash. |
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RKP5637 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-22-10 09:08 AM Response to Reply #7 |
15. Agree!!! Well said!!! n/t |
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kenny blankenship (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-21-10 11:41 PM Response to Original message |
9. I'm sorry Terrel. |
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suffragette (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-21-10 11:42 PM Response to Original message |
10. RIP Terrel |
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Starry Messenger (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-22-10 09:18 AM Response to Original message |
16. . |
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Catherina (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-22-10 09:26 AM Response to Original message |
17. "bullies won’t stop" : ( |
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FreeState (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-22-10 02:15 PM Response to Reply #17 |
18. You know growing up gay |
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Smarmie Doofus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-22-10 02:34 PM Response to Reply #18 |
20. Interesting. It's not unlike the studies of white and black kids.... |
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FreeState (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-22-10 03:28 PM Response to Reply #20 |
29. I had not thought of that.... |
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Smarmie Doofus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-23-10 06:47 AM Response to Reply #29 |
55. Start here with this old DU thread: |
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xchrom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-22-10 02:35 PM Response to Original message |
21. These ages are breathtaking. 13, 17, 19 and on and on.. |
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KurtNYC (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-22-10 02:36 PM Response to Original message |
22. Bullying is actually 'torture' --- shhhhhhhhh, it's a secret |
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Smarmie Doofus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-22-10 02:55 PM Response to Reply #22 |
26. YES! I've been trying to think of a better, more accurate.... |
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myrna minx (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-22-10 02:44 PM Response to Original message |
24. . |
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Dappleganger (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-22-10 02:49 PM Response to Original message |
25. Oh no. |
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Mad_Dem_X (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-22-10 02:55 PM Response to Original message |
27. Rest in peace, Terrel |
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Life Long Dem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-22-10 05:08 PM Response to Original message |
30. I don't know how anyone could allow bullies to cause yourself to commit suicide. |
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kenny blankenship (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-22-10 05:23 PM Response to Reply #30 |
33. Well bully for you. |
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DFab420 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-22-10 06:02 PM Response to Reply #30 |
38. Truth |
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Life Long Dem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-22-10 09:12 PM Response to Reply #38 |
47. I remember one of the first times I fought a bully. |
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HillWilliam (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-22-10 06:32 PM Response to Reply #30 |
40. Well, that's nice and easy to toss out |
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Life Long Dem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-22-10 09:25 PM Response to Reply #40 |
50. That's true. |
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HillWilliam (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-22-10 10:37 PM Response to Reply #50 |
54. I appreciate the rejoinder |
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Terra Alta (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-22-10 05:10 PM Response to Original message |
31. *sigh* will this ever end? |
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FreepFryer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-22-10 05:22 PM Response to Original message |
32. I may have an unpopular view of these horrific tragic suicides of persecuted LGBT youths... |
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DFab420 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-22-10 05:57 PM Response to Reply #32 |
37. well said. |
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MrScorpio (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-22-10 05:43 PM Response to Original message |
34. Unfortunately, the more that suicides are reported in the media... |
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FreeState (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-22-10 06:20 PM Response to Reply #34 |
39. I would disagree with that |
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MrScorpio (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-22-10 07:07 PM Response to Reply #39 |
42. The copycat suicide phenomena has a name, it's called the The Werther effect |
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FreeState (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-22-10 07:38 PM Response to Reply #42 |
43. About 95 LGBT youth commit suicide every month |
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MrScorpio (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-22-10 08:10 PM Response to Reply #43 |
45. I'm sure that there individual reasons for each suicide |
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ruggerson (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-22-10 09:11 PM Response to Reply #45 |
46. Organized religion and the preachers and politicians that promote it |
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MrScorpio (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-22-10 09:23 PM Response to Reply #46 |
48. Well, I was kinda looking for a more direct correlation... |
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FreeState (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-22-10 09:47 PM Response to Reply #48 |
53. Prevention Works! A Report of Activities, 1999-2004 |
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joeybee12 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-22-10 05:45 PM Response to Original message |
35. I'll KNR for visibility, but damn, I can't read this stuff anymore...it's heart-breaking. |
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DFab420 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-22-10 05:54 PM Response to Original message |
36. This is the worst KnR i've ever done |
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foxfeet (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-22-10 06:56 PM Response to Original message |
41. K&R, sadly. |
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riderinthestorm (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-22-10 07:50 PM Response to Original message |
44. A kick and an R for Remember Terrel... |
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Kadie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-22-10 09:35 PM Response to Original message |
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