The sister of a dead boy is mocked

[William769]

Another reason for my country love is that asshat status is no crime. No one really likes jerks, but fool status doesn’t lead to jail time. If it did our clown in residence and Doanld Trump would be serving triple life.

Thinking about douches this morning after reading this story about Alyssa Rodemeyer (thanks to Towleroad for the link). Her younger brother, Jamey, was buried this past weekend. He took his own life after enduring years of taunts for being gay.

Alyssa goes to a homecoming dance. A tribute song is played for her dead brother. The kids who bullied him yell the following: “We’re glad you’re dead” and “You’re better off dead.”

Now these were children, cowardly ones at that, but what can be gained from yelling at the sister? Let’s say these kids didn’t like Jamey (their right), are they so depraved they felt a need to share that with a family member?

http://www.365gay.com/news/092811-the-sister-of-a-dead-boy-is-mocked/

[xchrom]

1. FUCK! nt

[closeupready]

2. where did this happen?

What town?

[William769]

3. Buffalo New York.

Heres another story about it.

http://www.advocate.com/News/Daily_News/2011/09/27/A_Shocking_Story_From_Jamey_Rodemeyer_Parents/

[closeupready]

4. Thanks.

nt

[roguevalley]

9. I would hunt them down because every civil impulse would be

gone from me on this one.

[Cirque du So-What]

8. Buffalo, although...

this could be practically any locale across Sociopath Nation. Anyone who insists that it couldn't happen in their li'l slice o'heaven - their liberal oasis - is living in a fool's paradise.

[William769]

12. I agree, I was just answering his question.

[patrice]

5. Vile cruelty! + the old "gone to a better place" meme "Christianity" has endowed us with & which I

continue to hear amongst the young.

I have to say, I think some of this stuff arises out of some VERY screwed up ideas about meaning of life found in "heroism" and death, maybe at least indirectly affected by neo-Nazism.

[sharp_stick]

6. Some people simply need to be

kicked in the groin repeatedly until they figure out that they really are weak little vile pieces of shit.

I was fortunate enough to have never been bullied, I can only imagine how hard this must be for that family.

[tnlefty]

7. I heard this in a news clip when I was listening to The Morning Jolt

this morning and it was sickening. I can't understand how some young people can be so cruel and twisted in the head.

[Initech]

10. There's times when I'm flat-out embarrassed by humanity. This is one.

:banghead:

[yardwork]

11. Somebody taught those children to act that way.

[Behind the Aegis]

13. This is depraved.

I want to say something relevant and hateful, but I will hold my tongue.

[bullwinkle428]

14. Fucking disgraceful. Really tests my own personal feelings against

any kind of desire for revenge or vigilante justice.