Rant: not another gay teen suicide
Forewarning: This is an angry rant that most people will probably be offended by. It also contains strong profanity, because at the moment I have no better way to express my anger. Read at your own discretion.
Teenager Commits Suicide; Friends Say Bullying to Blame
Honestly, this whole “people bully me because I’m gay so I’m going to kill myself” mess is getting old. Not because it’s becoming a biweekly event, or because the media nearly glorifies the incident. Not even because the media completely ignores the non-White, male victims.
I’m sick of seeing such headlines because the shit is stupid.
All these little teenagers are going around offing themselves; why? Because some moron called them a sissy or a fag? These kids act like high school is the rest of their lives. Newsflash: IT’S NOT. It’s a mere four, pathetic years out of the countless more that are ahead. So stop whining, ignore the fools, do your work, and graduate. Then you’ll be off to college where people could care less what your name is, let alone your sexuality (except Clementi’s moronic roomate).
What pisses me off even more is trying to figure out why these kids are giving two damns what some random person has to say about them. They have supportive friends and family, and some even had a supportive partner - what the hell else did they need? The entire world to back them? It’s not going to happen. There are people who hate redheads, people who hate Asians, and people who hate the color purple. But do you see a bunch of redheaded Asians who like purple hanging themselves? No. Yet when someone pushes a queer against the wall that’s the first thing that comes to mind.
Perhaps if young queers pushed their bullies back instead of killing themselves there wouldn’t be such an epidemic. But they don’t. And that’s exactly why they keep being tormented.
I’ve always been a supporter of suicide. It’s my opinion that it’s your life to take, so if you want to then by all means do it. And I still stand behind that. However, some of these kids need a reality check. Life isn’t nearly as bad as their dramatic asses are making it out to be. Trust me, it could be worse. You could be a member of the colored community, where being any sort of deviant will get you killed before you can kill yourself. Or you could live in a place where homosexuality is still outlawed. Hell, you could just not have any support system whosoever. But they’re not, they don’t, and they do.
Excuse me for being pissed off, but I’m sick of the weakness. Stop whining and stand the fuck up for yourself. If my skinny Black, transfag ass can, then anyone can. Grow some fucking balls (or another organ of your choice).