Yet another story of a teen killing themselves after being tormented by their classmates- this time a 14 year old girl who was bullied by her classmates because she dared to report that another student had raped her.
It's got to stop. Bullying is not a normal part of growing up. It leaves permanent scars, even if they're not visible. Parents and educators have got to stand up and say "no more." If a student bullies another student, kick their horrible little butts out of the school. Make their parents, who couldn't be bothered to teach them to be decent people, pay to educate them privately and send them to corrective therapy.
Every single child who tormented this girl is morally, if not legally, her killer. And they should be forced to live with that fact for the rest of their lives.
Especially in this case. Rape is not a joke, and it is not the victim's fault. It is a crime, arguably the worst crime; something that school administrators need to remember Specifically administrators in Detroit, where this young woman lived; and Muncie, Indiana, where the school thought rape allegations would be better handled in an internal investigation than by the police; and Silsbee, Texas, where a girl was kicked off the cheer squad when she refused to cheer for her rapist; and who knows how many other schools that haven't made the news.
How many more people are going to have to die, or have their lives destroyed, before the country as a whole realizes that there is a problem.
And, of course, a plug for the It Gets Better project.
CHEERS!!!
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