HEADS UP : Watch Oprah. She is doing a show on two boys who committed suicide after being bullied

[rvablue]

Thought some might like to watch this and they might not know it's on.

It's already heart-breaking! :cry:


((on edit: Yikes! thanks for pointing out my horrible headline. I typed it out so fast so I could go watch the show. I apologize and am embarrassed it was SO bad. :blush:))

[BanzaiBonnie]

1. More info please

Watch what, where

[FreeState]

10. More info

Oprahs program today (depending on where you live the times are different) www.oprah.com

http://www.towleroad.com/2009/04/mother-of-teen-who-committed-suicide-after-bullying-wants-action.html

On April 6, Sirdeaner Walker came home, walked up the stairs to the second floor of her home, and saw her son suspended from a support beam in the stairwell, swaying slightly in the air, an extension cord wrapped around his neck, according to police. He apologized in a suicide note, told his mother that he loved her, and left his video games to his brother.
Walker said her son had been the victim of bullying since the beginning of the school year, and that she had been calling the school since September, complaining that her son was mercilessly teased. He played football, baseball, and was a boy scout, but a group of classmates called him gay and teased him about the way he dressed. They ridiculed him for going to church with his mother and for volunteering locally.

"It's not just a gay issue," Walker said. "It’s bigger. He was 11 years old, and he wasn't aware of his sexuality. These homophobic people attach derogatory terms to a child who’s 11 years old, who goes to church, school, and the library, and he becomes confused. He thinks, Maybe I'm like this. Maybe I'm not. What do I do?"

[Horse with no Name]

2. You might want to change up your headline a bit

at first glance it sounds like Oprah bullied them.:)

[Duer 157099]

3. Jesus, no kidding - I thought it was the mothers who committed suicide

after they were bullied by Oprah!

[XanaDUer]

4. That's what I thought

Sad story, though.

A ilttle boy here killed himself the other week due to bullying. It is not kids being kids.

[rvablue]

9. Changed it.

Yikes! Pays to read over things before posting. :blush:

[seabeyond]

5. shit, per you subject i thought oprah had bullied two women and they committed suicide. n/t

[Are_grits_groceries]

6. Mercy!

I thought Oprah had gone crazy on the teevee.

[rvablue]

8. Woops!

I fixed it. How embarrassing! Got a little crazy with my syntax! :blush:

[Are_grits_groceries]

12. S'okay.

You had a lot of people Googling and teeveeing. We needed the jolt!:hi:

[NRaleighLiberal]

7. I don't think anyone has ever been bullied on Oprah (her watchers...that's another story)...

[Manifestor_of_Light]

11. I was called queer every day for seven years in jr high and high school.

Never forgot it.

Queer was the worst thing you could be called.

And I'm straight. I hope the little bastards and bitches rot in their own personal hell.

[elocs]

13. Our public schools pay a lot of lip service about bullying

and it must make them feel like they are really accomplishing something. The bottom line in this culture with boys is that they don't tell when they are being bullied. They get the message early that they are supposed to suck it up and be a "man", that only sissies complain. I would also guess that many boys who are bullies get the wink and ok and how to be a bully from their dads. But as bad as boys are at bullying it sure seems like girls are relentlessly worse and vindictive.