The boy you punched in the hall today. Committed suicide a few minutes ago. That girl you called a slut in class today. She's a virgin. The boy you called lame. He has to work every night to support his family. That girl you pushed down the other day. She's already being abused at home. That girl you called fat. She's starving herself. The old man you made fun of cause of the ugly scars. He fought for our country. The boy you made fun of for crying. His mother is dying. You think you know them.
@RedDaVincy because being gay doesn't mean you have to go around talking about being gay. I don't think he hides it at all and is very open about it.
Broadcasters who are heterosexual don't randomly start talking about being heterosexual. Broadcasters who are religious or atheist don't randomly start talking about those things either. Being anything doesn't mean you have to go around waving a banner about it. It's just what you are and that's nobody's business.
In the context of the video, please. He's saying that people who are gay should be vocal about it. I'll be vocal about being atheist if the situation calls for it, especially when telling others to do the same. Is there something you're not getting?
@soundvoiceofreason Rick wasn't "randomly talking" about it. He was saying that people who are gay should be open about it. Being open doesn't mean you talk about it all the time. I'm an agnostic and dislike organized religion. I don't randomly talk about it, but if the situation calls for it, I will. That's what he means.
NO ONE ASKED YOU TO COME IN OUR LIVES OR COME IN OUR HOME YOU FORCE YOURSELVES! WE DON'T WANT YOU BECAUSE WE SIMPLY WANT A NORMAL LIFE WITHOUT YOU IN IT.WE HAVE ENOUGH PROBLEMS IN THE WORLD WITHOUT YOU!WE DON'T WANT TO SEE A FUCKING PARADE WITH YOU EXPOSING YOUR BALLS AND CONSTANTLY OBSESSING ABOUT YOUR SEXUAL DEVIATIONS.YOU PEOPLE DON'T REALIZE THAT THE MAJORITY OF US PREFER TO LISTEN TO OUR CONSCIENCE,THEN TO YOUR FOUL MOUTH WHICH LEARNED NOTHING IN LIFE
That's right they need to be punished for their indecent behavior.I read an article in the news what these fuckers are up to now.Two lesbians adopted a boy and are giving him hormones to turn him in to a girl.Now you tell me how the fuck are they not hurting our kids as if this poor child didn't have enough being abandoned by his parents and now they are preparing him for surgery to become a girl.Tell me FAGS is this NATURAL?One day you will shake are foundation and blood will be spilled again
Whether they are homosexual or not, did they not make the choice to commit suicide? You can't blame someone else on them taking their life. Is that not bullying itself? It's amazing how people look at those who are homosexual as being bullied, when they to are also bullying those who are against homosexuality. See the double standard, (hypocrisy). Oh and also I would be against fornication, murder, stealing, rape, adultery, all these things violate a person.
@Shoots1978 Their choice resulted because of other peoples actions. Don't you get it? This isn't about the kid being gay. It's the fact that kids are being bullied and therefore taking their lives! It's ridiculous, as someone who was bullied and on the verge of suicide at 13 years of age I can relate to this video. I was bullied not because I was gay but because I was a smart and different. Kids bully kids because they are different and aren't what media portrays to be the "norm".
@NewGenerationAnarchy People picked on me when I was in high school and that was only from 1992 to 1996, and, I am OK today. I know it's hard to deal with, but the best way to handle it is not let them have one on you, but be forgiving towards them. Cause if anyone was bullied at all it would have been the Son of Man/Son of God who was rejected by His own people and killed by them, but He said Father forgive them, for they know not what they do.
@TheSilentSerenade Oh I know it's not simple. Whatever sin it is, it first starts with a thought, and the thought begins to grow into desire if the thought is mediatated on for a period of time. The thougths will come, if a person is a true Christian then they have the Spirit of God that will convict of the thought, and the thought will be taken captive by prayer and mourning over. James 1:14-15, (how desire begins).
@warmfuzzytoque People fear what they don't know. If someone has issues with a gay person, it's usually because they think that they will become gay, or they are ignorant. I, personally, don't have a problem with Homosexuals; even though I am a Christian. Jesus told us to treat others how we would like to be treated through the parable of the Good Samaritan. If only the world followed this one commandment, even if they didn't believe, than the world would be a better place.
@Shoots1978 You religious nut bags are all the same. You shit on everyone else for having their own opinions or life styles, but then say that religion is a forgiving and wonderful place. Sorry if I don't see war, and telling gay people they are going to go to hell as being a good place to be. Every person has different brain chemistry and that is a scientific fact. Just because something is easy to you, doesn't hold true to the next person.
@Shoots1978 And that isn't hypocrisy. What someone else does in their own time, especially when it effects you in zero ways, isn't bullying. The logic behind what you said is so stupid. If they had never picked on said person, then that person would still be alive. Someone doesn't go home crying from school because they went and had a fun day, it is because they were bullied. Hence why the bullies are in fact responsible for his death. I'm an engineer, not a religious nutbar, intelligence is key
RICK!!! I hope you read this. your rants are always what needs to be said. I know you always go to the edge but no further. with the internet getting the doors locked so to speak I feel your one of the only voices left please dont ever stop.
Take this advice from someone old and wise. Think of how many celebrities talk about being bullied in school. The reason? They stood out from the crowd. They were different than the rest. And that very same quality was why they became successful in their later lives (along with education and hard work). Standing out was why they were bullied; standing out was why they had success. So take heart if it happens to you. You may be destined for great things...
@horang106 screw u . It's a choice crap head and saying somthing like that doesn't make it better. U put comments like that and u think it is funny when it isn't .
Why is it that 90% of the bigots commenting here (on This thread and else where on the internet) couldn't spell or punctuate properly to save their lives? I mean, there HAS to be a correlation between being uneducated and being a bigot.
@thugix Kids are arrested for drinking, for fighting/ Get out of the dark ages Mr.tough guy. Your whole attitude tells me you are part of the problem not part of the solution. You're a troll who has nothing better to do but try to stir up the pot. You hide behind your stupid name "thugix" and probably haven't got the balls it takes to stand up to anyone face to face but it's easy to talk tough here isn't it. Go back to your video games and continue to live in your fantasy world.
@thugix Nothing else is working!!! Obviously you are one of the problems with society today,still living in the past. Society isn't what it was back when you could "suck it up" and "build a backbone". People aren't the same. Back then there weren't so many brave enough to come forward and admit they were gay as in this case. There weren't so many different ways to bully someone. At least once you went home you could escape and regroup, now it's in your face, in your home, everywhere.
Agree with all he is saying but you know what 2300 white men killed themsleves and nno one blinks an eye or says anything about their homelessnbess numbers or anything else. I feel horrible for these kids but if we are going to confront suicide and why people do it it is because they are desperate but i dont see ANYONE talking about the 2300 white men who do it or the staggering rates of aboriginal suicide these are the two groups that need the most help.
Okay, seriously, this is fantastic. The subject of gay kid suicide and bullying has been broached so many times by so many people but Rick Mercer's rant is still brilliant. Every word of this was worth listening to.
...cont'd: I'd bet you that the people I am talking about would tell you that their lives would have been easier, had access to hormone therapy and surgery been available at an earlier age.
@ ThePuppetRoom: Can you quit being such a closed-minded jackass for a few minutes?
These aforementioned lesbians, or as you call them "FAGS" gave a loving, accepting home to a child in need.
I went to school with two transgendered kids, both of whom suffered severe depression until they were able to access drug and surgical therapy as adults, so as to become the gender they felt they should be...
so my classmates and i all watched this video and gad a dissucsion-we thought that it was amazing and we thought that should of ended it with and guesse what im GAY
I agree, i'm not gay but I have been bullied to the point where I wanted to commit suicide.
The education system turns a blind eye on bullying and instead yells at the kids like my friends and I who play fight for fun and nobody gets hurt. There are far worse concerns than play fighting, bullying happens to be one that should be made a priority. They spend all the time talking about it yet they never enforce important rules.
Rick Mercer. I love your wit. I love your sense of humor. I love that you can make politics entertaining and funny. I love your honesty. Ah hell, I just love you. :}
@jkseiden Is there someone you can talk to? If you don't want to go through your school, go see your doctor and tell him(her) what's going on and that you want help. You need someone to help you. :( Please take care of yourself. ~
You know you're really hot shit when you click on a video about gay teen suicide and comment about how gay people are sad little freaks so you can get attention. Silly trolls.
Why didnt he kill the bullies first at least? God supposedly sends you to burn in hell for taking your own life anyway(which is fucking stupid, it's our lives our choice). If Id ever commit suicide from bullying I'm killing the fags that are bullying me first!!! Anyone who's thinking about suicide should consider that.
Appreciate Rick's rant. Too bad he wasn't out on 22 minutes way back when, but understood the time then hmm. Growing up in the '80's in this, it is a tremendous shame that during these school years when confidence is to be growing it gets undermined and those in charge haven't a clue or don't care. I'm proud to have survived it all and my journey has made me stronger leaving ripples on all waters for all I met. For those still sadly enduring this garbage, please remember we're stronger.Amen.
@MrStapleLeaf no body murdered any one. you people are insane you think you can turn the whole world in to a utopia of no bullies? GOOD LUCK. LISTEN its a part of human nature accept it LIKE YOUR FUCKING GENDER!
Rick..Bravo! Well said, direct and to the point. Thanks for saying what should be heard and when you run for Prime Minister, not if, you have my vote! Thanks again
"It's no longer good enough for us to tell kids who are different that 'it's gonna get better', we have to make it better now" -- It's like he took the words out of my mouth.
@mingo7777 I agree! Damn I wish there was a way to reach through your video monitor when those idiots are around. Now THAT would be some new technology I cold really get behind. :)
@cracksdhead I would also like to address 2 things, you can't SEE Gravity, because it is a force by which physical bodies attract with a force proportional to their mass. And oxygen is a molecule, if you could SEE a molecule with your eyes, you would have super human eyes.....
Finally, why would someone choose to be picked on, ridiculed, beaten, disowned, murdered, or leave you wanting to commit suicide? No one would choose that as a way to live.
@cracksdhead You take pleasure in the misery of others? The misfotune of others, and the ill will of CHILDREN? I ask this, are you a sadist? And also, please get help, for the sake of those around you, I think you do need it....
As well, I never said I didn't believe in God. I simply believe, practice what you preach. Let the meek inherit the world, and love thy neighbour as you love thyself. Let the first who is without sin, cast the first stone.
@counterstryke "I never called anyone names, never insulted anyone" After reading through the comments, I'd like to point out, that actually you called many people stupid, idiots, and insulted them regularly, its all fair to agree to disagree, but don't do it just because you've been backed into a corner, or when it may make you show as a hypocrite. Just thought I should point that out.
Backed into a corner? BAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
It was me verses 50 people. Backed into a corner my ass. Yes you are stupid if you don't do the research. Yes you are stupid when you blatantly lie to yourself when there is no scientific, medical or legal proof to adhere to what your saying and you beleive it by faith.
I receieved hate mail, death threats and other crap from you cowards.
if gays are born that way does that mean that thier a girl in a mans body? and if thier a girl in a mans body would'ent that make them lesbians? so than thier not born that way? haha
@chiyokokai you dumb? sexuality is irrlevent as it's a choice and they dont choose thier born that way. it's fact that some individuals do not identify with the gender that is assigned to their biological sex. thierfore thier women in mens bodys. and if they where women in mens bodys that would make them lesbians as thier attracted to each other. it's the inside that counts and thier women in the inside if they wherent than it would be a choice and if it was a choice than thier mentaly ill. haha
@mrsuperterd I repeat my last comment again. You're confusing sexuality with gender identity. Yes people with gender identity, like "male trapped in a woman's body," normally are attracted to members of the same sex, but simpley because they are homosexual does not mean all homosexuals have gender identity issues. A male can be perfectly fine being a male and being attracted to other males. Doesn't mean he wants to change into a female, which is what my point was.
@chiyokokai Case in point: The APA removed Homosexuality as a mental disorder from the DSM (including Gender Identity Disorder) and made Gender Identity a mental disorder (being revised for the DSM-V). That being said, both you and your counterpart are on different levels of wrong but I just wanted to further clarify
He did do a YouTube video about his sexuality. It was called "It gets better Canada" hence why he mentions that gay role models in society can't just say "It gets better." Rick brings up a valuable point here. If you are gay, be proud you are gay and successful and tell teenagers so they have someone to look up to. Great job Rick
I agree with Rick! I did heard Rick is gay, so if he is, why doesn't he mention himself as a possible role model in this video? If he's not gay, then my bad!
I agree with what he says and I know he doesn't like to publicize his own sexuality but shouldn't he at least mention it when he is forcefully telling others to step up to the plate?
@TheKwissay From what I understand, Rick thought it was well known that he was gay and that he was doing this rant as a known gay man so it wasn't necessary to bring himself into the rant.
Bravo ! Now it's time that we start teaching parents of these bullier to teach them other values, I think they are mostly responsible of their children's bad behaviour.
Right on! It's even worse in the US where republicans are now trying to block anti-bullying laws. And I agree, gay adults need to start advocating for these kids. How about we start a legal defense fund specifically devoted to this problem.
@BoredomCorner Yes, I'm aware of that. It is despicable what republicans did in Michigan. They need some of their own medicine. They need to be tarred and feathered, and then hung by their toenails in the public square where free rotten eggs are provided for people to do with what they want. My religion demands it.
here's my [brief] condensed thoughts on 'the problem'. If you get people to be honest and break it down - the "thing" they hate most about gay people (and particularly gay men) is the thought of "the act" they perform. That "act" is a very small part of who a person is, and it's the "one part" you NEVER have to take part in so relax… just enjoy all the parts of who that person is.
@speshalkinca Next time they come up with that argument (thinking about 2 ppl of the same sex 2gether = ewwww) just counter-argue... Tell them: Think about your parents having hot steamy sex. EWWWWW, right? Should we bully our parents, then? Cause we just can't keep our imagination out of someone else's bedroom? ;)
Well all of those one word comments that can't support this cause. We know where you stand! Hope you don't have children. But for those who care this is a benchmark of our humanity. If we have a soul there is no reason not to take action.
i feel that even with people committing suicide, that the same arrogant people who first made fun of them will stick by their inhuman selves...but they need to wake up.. its not your life, leave them alone! You don't have anyone bothering you telling you how to live your life, why do you feel you have the right to do that to someone else?
if someone's chosen a certain way of living their life (whether it would be their sexuality, religion, a job) no one should ever feel they have a say on that person's life unless it ruins their own..
What you just said makes no sense. Are you saying that two...transgender lesbians are dressing up as guys? If thats what you're trying to say, then sure, they're lesbians, because they have female genitals.
"Hi there, my name's Rick Mercer. Even though I've been openly gay for years, I rarely reference or even acknowledge my sexuality, even though if I did, I could inspire and give hope to thousands of young gay canadians, in addition to LGBTQ youth around the world."
People seem to think that acceptance of homosexuality is something that is going to continue. In fact, it has peaked. That fact needs to be accepted more than any other.
@flotyu Do you have any data to back up your "fact"? Any? Even one? Of course you don't, you have your opinion, and you have confused what is true with what you WANT to be true.
He doesn't hide but he's not super open either. And as far as I know aside from the occasional rant and an 'it gets betters' vid he doesn't seem to be doing a whole lot, which is a shame cause people listen to him, his stuff gets passed around. Not to say the mosquito nets aren't amazing. He does good stuff he just doesn't do a lot as far as the community is involved, as far as I'm aware
Throughout all of Elementary school I had been bullied by people who were smaller than me and they just used hurtful language. However In high school it was better. This is also because I am lucky. I am 6'5" and 275lbs. Not everyone who gets bullied has this advantage. All bullying can be traced back to physicality. So For those unlucky ones there needs to be a way to make sure that there are others in the student community looking out for you.
BULLSHIT! Bullying is a part of growing up. Who's responsible? the fucking kids, gay or not. You can be gay and still have some fucking balls. If you don't have survival instinct then it's your fucking problem. You see kids in Africa fighting for their lives for real and they still have the will to live. Some pricks call you shit and you just off yourself? Fuck You, Goodbye. The world has enough real problems, I say 300 weak ass kids did us a favor.
@gargamel6699 Jamie was actually physically assaulted. They held him down and tried to put batteries down his throat. Jamie was the only out of the closet gay person at his highschool. The dehumanizing anti-gay language used against him on a regular basis would have added to his feeling of isolation. If you constantly tell a goup that they will fail at math, they will eventually believe it and fail. Constantly telling someone he is worthless will make him believe it. R u happy about death?
No death doesn't make me happy. Being physically assaulted is shitty, and must be dealt with as it normally would. Being gay doesn't come into the equation. He was assaulted by shit heads that must be prosecuted and their parents fined or have them sent to juvie. That is what laws are for. I am a nerd, and was bullied... once. Then I took care of things and no one fucked with me again. Not everyone's the same, but I there are ways to deal with things.
@gargamel6699 Yes there is always a way to deal with things such as people acting like decent, intelligent, empathetic, civilized human beings. It's a distraction from the root of the problem and faulty logic to blame the victim. I have sympathy for the fact the you were bullied for being a nerd. However, you still can't understand the experience of a young gay male being treated like dirt for something you have no control over at all.
@gargamel6699 Other jerks have said it's survival of the fittest, so they are exceedingly glad to see this particular young death. With that logic one should also not care for cancer patients or the depressed, etc.
@gargamel6699 Well good to know where what most if my junior high school is going to be like in the future. Not being bullied does not make you stronger; dealing with people in normal situations does that. What bullying does is take that and puts it over the line of what is acceptable, yes everyone has been teased i once in their life, and honestly the way you talk you were not "bullied" you were teased.
@gargamel6699 Being bullied is having everything you say or do made fun of, being bullied is being the last person to be chosen for any team or group project, being bullied is being called offensive things by people you are supposed to trust.
@gargamel6699 And just turning to an adult won't make it stop we have to actually take action against it. I was bullied for four years in junior high and it completely changed my personality and how I interact with people. I now can't trust other people and don't expect anything to be done about any problem I notify someone about, do you know why?
@gargamel6699 Because in my school every time I went to a teacher they simply asked what had been done, and what could I say "they called me names" didn't cover what they had been doing they had been mentally abusing me for the half hour you were away, and when I did react to the harassment they punished me, because "Reacting to them only makes it worse"
@gargamel6699 Then do your job as an educator and fix the root problem take the bullies aside and show them that it is unacceptable to behave the way they do. For four years I was the "Problem" student I was the one they sent to counselling and the one who was suspended and sent to detention because one day I came into class crying because someone had ripped down a picture I was in off the monthly news board wrote “whore” across it and shoved it in my locker.
@gargamel6699 So No sorry, it's not the person's whose being bullied fault. And you should be ashamed of the way you are speaking, being disrespectful of something like this does not make you cool, it makes you a disgusting excuse of a human being.
I'm not angry at anybody. Sure, the bullies are assholes, but I cannot respect someone who kills himself because of some high school taunting, it may be a physical assault but, when there are people who REALLY suffer in the world and show such will to live, I have little pity for someone in this country with so much opportunity. And my kids are EXEMPLARY. I taught them to stand up for themselves.
yeah sure, blame the fucking victim. The problem is definitely not the irrational and often violent reaction kids get for just trying to be who they are. No, it's the size of their goddamned balls. You must be a very intelligent person indeed.
Also, it is pretty funny how a guy calling himself "ThatCrazyMisanthrope" would be against anything that would lead to less people.
I don't call myself "ThatCrazyMisanthrope". Yes, I am a very intelligent person. And no, I wasn't blaming the victim. Yes, bullying is terrible, it's a terrible experience. I am a nerd and I was bullied. I had a gay buddy that was bullied, hell, even I made fun of him when he went overly "fabulous". It's part of growing up. But someone who kills himself gets little sympathy from me. Especially one raised in a 1st world country.
@gargamel6699 I don't know how old you are. I'm 46, and back in '78, somebody thought it was funny to tell everyone I was gay (I am not). I was bullied, lonely, I skirted the edges of alcoholism, and became quite homophobic for a while.. I was able to go home and get away from the bullying at least.. Today, kids can't escape that easily. The internet, Facebook, youtube, smartphones make the bullying a 24 hour inescapable hell. Death may seem like the only out to a scared 14 year old.
@gargamel6699 Fuck you kid! I knew Jamie i went to his school! who the fuck are u to come in here and start a debate about shit. I wish it was u gone instead of jamie cause unlike u he was a nice person.
It's not Winfried's unusual interpretation that bothers me. At least, even in his ignorance he's repulsed by the idea of someone advocating suicide. It's what others have said that really makes me feel nauseous. Perhaps they've read too many dark nihilistic books above their own level of comprehension, books that adulate cruel characters? Perhaps they misinterpreted dostoevsky's devils? Praise Nikolai? Guess what! Your rigid, limited Opinions, make you appear desperate to hold any opinion. Boo!
RM is wise and thoughtful, me thanks for free meaningfull content. hrs spent watching ricks rant
Redeyeforadeadguy 1 day ago
The boy you punched in the hall today. Committed suicide a few minutes ago. That girl you called a slut in class today. She's a virgin. The boy you called lame. He has to work every night to support his family. That girl you pushed down the other day. She's already being abused at home. That girl you called fat. She's starving herself. The old man you made fun of cause of the ugly scars. He fought for our country. The boy you made fun of for crying. His mother is dying. You think you know them.
tamama150 2 days ago 2
@tamama150 No, the boy I punched in the hall today slapped the ass of my girlfriend.
IndustrialMilitia 1 day ago
So why doesn't Rick openly talk more about the fact that he's gay, instead of hiding it all the time?
RedDaVincy 6 days ago
@RedDaVincy because being gay doesn't mean you have to go around talking about being gay. I don't think he hides it at all and is very open about it.
Broadcasters who are heterosexual don't randomly start talking about being heterosexual. Broadcasters who are religious or atheist don't randomly start talking about those things either. Being anything doesn't mean you have to go around waving a banner about it. It's just what you are and that's nobody's business.
soundvoiceofreason 6 days ago
@soundvoiceofreason ...*sigh*...
In the context of the video, please. He's saying that people who are gay should be vocal about it. I'll be vocal about being atheist if the situation calls for it, especially when telling others to do the same. Is there something you're not getting?
RedDaVincy 6 days ago
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KoreanShrimp 3 days ago
@soundvoiceofreason Rick wasn't "randomly talking" about it. He was saying that people who are gay should be open about it. Being open doesn't mean you talk about it all the time. I'm an agnostic and dislike organized religion. I don't randomly talk about it, but if the situation calls for it, I will. That's what he means.
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NO ONE ASKED YOU TO COME IN OUR LIVES OR COME IN OUR HOME YOU FORCE YOURSELVES! WE DON'T WANT YOU BECAUSE WE SIMPLY WANT A NORMAL LIFE WITHOUT YOU IN IT.WE HAVE ENOUGH PROBLEMS IN THE WORLD WITHOUT YOU!WE DON'T WANT TO SEE A FUCKING PARADE WITH YOU EXPOSING YOUR BALLS AND CONSTANTLY OBSESSING ABOUT YOUR SEXUAL DEVIATIONS.YOU PEOPLE DON'T REALIZE THAT THE MAJORITY OF US PREFER TO LISTEN TO OUR CONSCIENCE,THEN TO YOUR FOUL MOUTH WHICH LEARNED NOTHING IN LIFE
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That's right they need to be punished for their indecent behavior.I read an article in the news what these fuckers are up to now.Two lesbians adopted a boy and are giving him hormones to turn him in to a girl.Now you tell me how the fuck are they not hurting our kids as if this poor child didn't have enough being abandoned by his parents and now they are preparing him for surgery to become a girl.Tell me FAGS is this NATURAL?One day you will shake are foundation and blood will be spilled again
Drilingbee 2 weeks ago
Whether they are homosexual or not, did they not make the choice to commit suicide? You can't blame someone else on them taking their life. Is that not bullying itself? It's amazing how people look at those who are homosexual as being bullied, when they to are also bullying those who are against homosexuality. See the double standard, (hypocrisy). Oh and also I would be against fornication, murder, stealing, rape, adultery, all these things violate a person.
Shoots1978 2 weeks ago
@Shoots1978 Their choice resulted because of other peoples actions. Don't you get it? This isn't about the kid being gay. It's the fact that kids are being bullied and therefore taking their lives! It's ridiculous, as someone who was bullied and on the verge of suicide at 13 years of age I can relate to this video. I was bullied not because I was gay but because I was a smart and different. Kids bully kids because they are different and aren't what media portrays to be the "norm".
NewGenerationAnarchy 2 weeks ago
@NewGenerationAnarchy People picked on me when I was in high school and that was only from 1992 to 1996, and, I am OK today. I know it's hard to deal with, but the best way to handle it is not let them have one on you, but be forgiving towards them. Cause if anyone was bullied at all it would have been the Son of Man/Son of God who was rejected by His own people and killed by them, but He said Father forgive them, for they know not what they do.
Shoots1978 2 weeks ago
@Shoots1978 It's called having a mental illness. It's not that simple for everyone.
TheSilentSerenade 2 weeks ago
@TheSilentSerenade Oh I know it's not simple. Whatever sin it is, it first starts with a thought, and the thought begins to grow into desire if the thought is mediatated on for a period of time. The thougths will come, if a person is a true Christian then they have the Spirit of God that will convict of the thought, and the thought will be taken captive by prayer and mourning over. James 1:14-15, (how desire begins).
Shoots1978 2 weeks ago
@Shoots1978 what's so bad about someone being gay anyway?
warmfuzzytoque 2 weeks ago
@warmfuzzytoque People fear what they don't know. If someone has issues with a gay person, it's usually because they think that they will become gay, or they are ignorant. I, personally, don't have a problem with Homosexuals; even though I am a Christian. Jesus told us to treat others how we would like to be treated through the parable of the Good Samaritan. If only the world followed this one commandment, even if they didn't believe, than the world would be a better place.
vanislemozartfan 1 week ago
@warmfuzzytoque It goes against the number 1 troll ever (who ever wrote the bible).
iBigRen 6 days ago
@Shoots1978 You religious nut bags are all the same. You shit on everyone else for having their own opinions or life styles, but then say that religion is a forgiving and wonderful place. Sorry if I don't see war, and telling gay people they are going to go to hell as being a good place to be. Every person has different brain chemistry and that is a scientific fact. Just because something is easy to you, doesn't hold true to the next person.
ky770842 1 week ago
@Shoots1978 And that isn't hypocrisy. What someone else does in their own time, especially when it effects you in zero ways, isn't bullying. The logic behind what you said is so stupid. If they had never picked on said person, then that person would still be alive. Someone doesn't go home crying from school because they went and had a fun day, it is because they were bullied. Hence why the bullies are in fact responsible for his death. I'm an engineer, not a religious nutbar, intelligence is key
ky770842 1 week ago
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a blustering, quarrelsome, overbearing person who habitually badgers and intimidates smaller or weaker people.
Shoots1978 2 weeks ago
I couldn't agree more Rick. Very well said
JimmyG228 3 weeks ago
Good job, Rick.
cwcwful 3 weeks ago
RICK!!! I hope you read this. your rants are always what needs to be said. I know you always go to the edge but no further. with the internet getting the doors locked so to speak I feel your one of the only voices left please dont ever stop.
unevenlight 4 weeks ago
you are awesome rick, and this is bang on
DJCataract 4 weeks ago
Take this advice from someone old and wise. Think of how many celebrities talk about being bullied in school. The reason? They stood out from the crowd. They were different than the rest. And that very same quality was why they became successful in their later lives (along with education and hard work). Standing out was why they were bullied; standing out was why they had success. So take heart if it happens to you. You may be destined for great things...
bboots100 1 month ago 31
@bboots100 That or because they were the bullies, Eg Jersey Shore
rangergxi 13 hours ago
@horang106 screw u . It's a choice crap head and saying somthing like that doesn't make it better. U put comments like that and u think it is funny when it isn't .
atjk2000 1 month ago
not all of those 300 kids, are gay!
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horang106 1 month ago
@horang106
Grow the fuck up douchebag
OffRhodess 1 month ago
Canagay, lol.
FreedomOfTheUSA 1 month ago
Caan Someoone Send me A Link Of His Videos ?
coloredbracelets 1 month ago
Rick: Why didn't YOU include yourself in that list of Gay adults? THAt is the ONLY failing of this rant; Rick needs to be OUT more...
trinitymike 1 month ago
yes!!!
joannerryan 1 month ago
Why is it that 90% of the bigots commenting here (on This thread and else where on the internet) couldn't spell or punctuate properly to save their lives? I mean, there HAS to be a correlation between being uneducated and being a bigot.
trinitymike 1 month ago
@trinitymike Bigotry arises from ignorance.
7SDice 1 month ago
Rick Mercer for Prime Minister
keneth231742 1 month ago 5
@thugix Kids are arrested for drinking, for fighting/ Get out of the dark ages Mr.tough guy. Your whole attitude tells me you are part of the problem not part of the solution. You're a troll who has nothing better to do but try to stir up the pot. You hide behind your stupid name "thugix" and probably haven't got the balls it takes to stand up to anyone face to face but it's easy to talk tough here isn't it. Go back to your video games and continue to live in your fantasy world.
eyeluvku 1 month ago
@thugix Nothing else is working!!! Obviously you are one of the problems with society today,still living in the past. Society isn't what it was back when you could "suck it up" and "build a backbone". People aren't the same. Back then there weren't so many brave enough to come forward and admit they were gay as in this case. There weren't so many different ways to bully someone. At least once you went home you could escape and regroup, now it's in your face, in your home, everywhere.
eyeluvku 1 month ago
wow...
Mijorra 1 month ago
We had to watch this at school, JEEZ STOP YELLING AT MMEEEEE!
MissAjcraft 1 month ago
Agree with all he is saying but you know what 2300 white men killed themsleves and nno one blinks an eye or says anything about their homelessnbess numbers or anything else. I feel horrible for these kids but if we are going to confront suicide and why people do it it is because they are desperate but i dont see ANYONE talking about the 2300 white men who do it or the staggering rates of aboriginal suicide these are the two groups that need the most help.
ITHEREONETHATHASNT 1 month ago
well said
whitewolfe35 1 month ago
Oh Rick, you are a role model. =)
Geoshi 1 month ago
check out the you tube channel "The Depression Project"
TheDepressionProject 2 months ago
TREE HUNDRED KIDS.
Okay, seriously, this is fantastic. The subject of gay kid suicide and bullying has been broached so many times by so many people but Rick Mercer's rant is still brilliant. Every word of this was worth listening to.
augusterify 2 months ago
its about time that someone will tell it how it is
Rick34ize 2 months ago
he was a great big goofy gay kid XD
darrinr769 2 months ago
Proven a point there rick.. Finnaly someone that actually put that out there!
Maddielovesu12 2 months ago
Finnaly!!! Someine to stop me from doing this insane thing!!!
XxPLADxX1 2 months ago
He's got my vote.
MusicTewns 2 months ago 20
Appreciate the sentiment and message, of course, but SO DISTRACTED by the unnecessary and useless tour of the graffiti-strewn alley.
alaimo 2 months ago
...cont'd: I'd bet you that the people I am talking about would tell you that their lives would have been easier, had access to hormone therapy and surgery been available at an earlier age.
naomiwiebe 2 months ago
@ ThePuppetRoom: Can you quit being such a closed-minded jackass for a few minutes?
These aforementioned lesbians, or as you call them "FAGS" gave a loving, accepting home to a child in need.
I went to school with two transgendered kids, both of whom suffered severe depression until they were able to access drug and surgical therapy as adults, so as to become the gender they felt they should be...
naomiwiebe 2 months ago
If anyone gets bullied? I should tell them... don't let anyone make fun of you.
MegaMr46 3 months ago
so my classmates and i all watched this video and gad a dissucsion-we thought that it was amazing and we thought that should of ended it with and guesse what im GAY
sarahabbie1 3 months ago
I agree, i'm not gay but I have been bullied to the point where I wanted to commit suicide.
The education system turns a blind eye on bullying and instead yells at the kids like my friends and I who play fight for fun and nobody gets hurt. There are far worse concerns than play fighting, bullying happens to be one that should be made a priority. They spend all the time talking about it yet they never enforce important rules.
TankMan19441 3 months ago 3
@8BigBubba13 I wasn't being funny I'm dead serious. I have actually been bullied quite severly and have attempted suicide because of it
jkseiden 3 months ago
he's 100% right
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ZeBigStrat 3 months ago
Rick Mercer. I love your wit. I love your sense of humor. I love that you can make politics entertaining and funny. I love your honesty. Ah hell, I just love you. :}
RoslynBailey 3 months ago
I'm bullied at school, home, and girl scouts. To the point of 7 suicide attempts.
jkseiden 3 months ago
@jkseiden Is there someone you can talk to? If you don't want to go through your school, go see your doctor and tell him(her) what's going on and that you want help. You need someone to help you. :( Please take care of yourself. ~
RoslynBailey 3 months ago
@jkseiden That's not funny. Suicide is nothing to make light of.
8BigBubba13 3 months ago
You know you're really hot shit when you click on a video about gay teen suicide and comment about how gay people are sad little freaks so you can get attention. Silly trolls.
michelamarielon 3 months ago
Why didnt he kill the bullies first at least? God supposedly sends you to burn in hell for taking your own life anyway(which is fucking stupid, it's our lives our choice). If Id ever commit suicide from bullying I'm killing the fags that are bullying me first!!! Anyone who's thinking about suicide should consider that.
SICKJ0KER 3 months ago
@SICKJ0KER truth is golden. well said
ThePuppetRoom 3 months ago 3
@SICKJ0KER
That is literally on of the dumbest things I've ever heard.
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iWriteiDayDream 3 months ago
thumbs up, if you got here through curtis paradis!
chrisJVmusic 3 months ago 49
@chrisJVmusic no but im a huge fan of him :)
totalgleek119 3 months ago
Appreciate Rick's rant. Too bad he wasn't out on 22 minutes way back when, but understood the time then hmm. Growing up in the '80's in this, it is a tremendous shame that during these school years when confidence is to be growing it gets undermined and those in charge haven't a clue or don't care. I'm proud to have survived it all and my journey has made me stronger leaving ripples on all waters for all I met. For those still sadly enduring this garbage, please remember we're stronger.Amen.
burnhigh 3 months ago
just leave the bully in a pool of his own blood...... kids are such fucking pussies these days.
ableturner 3 months ago
Agreed, the police should at least get involved in this. Those people should be considered murderers
MrStapleLeaf 3 months ago 3
@MrStapleLeaf no body murdered any one. you people are insane you think you can turn the whole world in to a utopia of no bullies? GOOD LUCK. LISTEN its a part of human nature accept it LIKE YOUR FUCKING GENDER!
and get counseling URGENTLY!
ThePuppetRoom 3 months ago
@ThePuppetRoom fucking right A!
CrueLLLIntentionS 3 months ago 2
Rick..Bravo! Well said, direct and to the point. Thanks for saying what should be heard and when you run for Prime Minister, not if, you have my vote! Thanks again
MrHomer386 3 months ago 36
Awesome video, coudn't agree more!
Speedy636Germany 3 months ago
"It's no longer good enough for us to tell kids who are different that 'it's gonna get better', we have to make it better now" -- It's like he took the words out of my mouth.
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MsHojat 3 months ago
nhler wendel clark kiss my assgrowth
bubbah671 3 months ago
I guess the 122 who dislike this are bullies !
mingo7777 3 months ago
@mingo7777 I agree! Damn I wish there was a way to reach through your video monitor when those idiots are around. Now THAT would be some new technology I cold really get behind. :)
speshalkinca 3 months ago
300 kids is 300 too many.
eiannailo 3 months ago
What is this
The312ick 3 months ago
@cracksdhead I would also like to address 2 things, you can't SEE Gravity, because it is a force by which physical bodies attract with a force proportional to their mass. And oxygen is a molecule, if you could SEE a molecule with your eyes, you would have super human eyes.....
Finally, why would someone choose to be picked on, ridiculed, beaten, disowned, murdered, or leave you wanting to commit suicide? No one would choose that as a way to live.
chiyokokai 3 months ago
@chiyokokai Supremely happy to be gay, thank GOD!!!! Amen.
burnhigh 3 months ago
@cracksdhead You take pleasure in the misery of others? The misfotune of others, and the ill will of CHILDREN? I ask this, are you a sadist? And also, please get help, for the sake of those around you, I think you do need it....
As well, I never said I didn't believe in God. I simply believe, practice what you preach. Let the meek inherit the world, and love thy neighbour as you love thyself. Let the first who is without sin, cast the first stone.
chiyokokai 3 months ago
@counterstryke "I never called anyone names, never insulted anyone" After reading through the comments, I'd like to point out, that actually you called many people stupid, idiots, and insulted them regularly, its all fair to agree to disagree, but don't do it just because you've been backed into a corner, or when it may make you show as a hypocrite. Just thought I should point that out.
chiyokokai 3 months ago
@chiyokokai
Backed into a corner? BAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
It was me verses 50 people. Backed into a corner my ass. Yes you are stupid if you don't do the research. Yes you are stupid when you blatantly lie to yourself when there is no scientific, medical or legal proof to adhere to what your saying and you beleive it by faith.
I receieved hate mail, death threats and other crap from you cowards.
bring it.
counterstryke 3 months ago
@counterstryke I was making an observation, and using a term of phrase. That is all.
chiyokokai 3 months ago
if gays are born that way does that mean that thier a girl in a mans body? and if thier a girl in a mans body would'ent that make them lesbians? so than thier not born that way? haha
mrsuperterd 3 months ago
@mrsuperterd You're confusing sexuality with gender idenitity.
chiyokokai 3 months ago
@chiyokokai you dumb? sexuality is irrlevent as it's a choice and they dont choose thier born that way. it's fact that some individuals do not identify with the gender that is assigned to their biological sex. thierfore thier women in mens bodys. and if they where women in mens bodys that would make them lesbians as thier attracted to each other. it's the inside that counts and thier women in the inside if they wherent than it would be a choice and if it was a choice than thier mentaly ill. haha
mrsuperterd 3 months ago
@mrsuperterd I repeat my last comment again. You're confusing sexuality with gender identity. Yes people with gender identity, like "male trapped in a woman's body," normally are attracted to members of the same sex, but simpley because they are homosexual does not mean all homosexuals have gender identity issues. A male can be perfectly fine being a male and being attracted to other males. Doesn't mean he wants to change into a female, which is what my point was.
chiyokokai 3 months ago
@chiyokokai Case in point: The APA removed Homosexuality as a mental disorder from the DSM (including Gender Identity Disorder) and made Gender Identity a mental disorder (being revised for the DSM-V). That being said, both you and your counterpart are on different levels of wrong but I just wanted to further clarify
KnightofLight89 3 months ago in playlist Liked
@chiyokokai you really are two points away from being retared. that is all.
mrsuperterd 3 months ago
@mrsuperterd What's "retared"?
chiyokokai 3 months ago
@mrsuperterd When did or if you choose to be "regular"? If it was your choice, you must have a lot of repression there huh?
burnhigh 3 months ago
I strongly agree with him.
Jessalyn7ate9 3 months ago
He did do a YouTube video about his sexuality. It was called "It gets better Canada" hence why he mentions that gay role models in society can't just say "It gets better." Rick brings up a valuable point here. If you are gay, be proud you are gay and successful and tell teenagers so they have someone to look up to. Great job Rick
thebigjc2356 3 months ago
I agree with Rick! I did heard Rick is gay, so if he is, why doesn't he mention himself as a possible role model in this video? If he's not gay, then my bad!
joseebl1 3 months ago 2
@joseebl1 He is gay; might have not mentioned it to avoid looking biased, I don't know.
BoredomCorner 3 months ago
from one sister to another good job.
josepheagan 3 months ago
I agree with what he says and I know he doesn't like to publicize his own sexuality but shouldn't he at least mention it when he is forcefully telling others to step up to the plate?
TheKwissay 3 months ago
@TheKwissay From what I understand, Rick thought it was well known that he was gay and that he was doing this rant as a known gay man so it wasn't necessary to bring himself into the rant.
PoleContortionist 3 months ago 16
200 too many?
LAZERBEEEMZZZ 3 months ago
Bravo ! Now it's time that we start teaching parents of these bullier to teach them other values, I think they are mostly responsible of their children's bad behaviour.
uomolinux 3 months ago
first playing NHLer to come out gets to kiss rick.
bubbah671 3 months ago 27
@bubbah671 the first thing even to make me want to be an NHLer.
NeilSonOfNorbert 3 months ago
@NeilSonOfNorbert ricks a newfie you would have to take a drink of skreech after the kiss.
bubbah671 3 months ago
Right on! It's even worse in the US where republicans are now trying to block anti-bullying laws. And I agree, gay adults need to start advocating for these kids. How about we start a legal defense fund specifically devoted to this problem.
cedarbeam 3 months ago 4
@cedarbeam Oh it's worse than that -- Michigan Republicans have actually LEGALIZED anti-gay bullying, on religious grounds.
BoredomCorner 3 months ago
@BoredomCorner Yes, I'm aware of that. It is despicable what republicans did in Michigan. They need some of their own medicine. They need to be tarred and feathered, and then hung by their toenails in the public square where free rotten eggs are provided for people to do with what they want. My religion demands it.
cedarbeam 3 months ago
THANK YOU FOR THIS RANT!
AirykahWhatsHerName 3 months ago
here's my [brief] condensed thoughts on 'the problem'. If you get people to be honest and break it down - the "thing" they hate most about gay people (and particularly gay men) is the thought of "the act" they perform. That "act" is a very small part of who a person is, and it's the "one part" you NEVER have to take part in so relax… just enjoy all the parts of who that person is.
speshalkinca 3 months ago
@speshalkinca Next time they come up with that argument (thinking about 2 ppl of the same sex 2gether = ewwww) just counter-argue... Tell them: Think about your parents having hot steamy sex. EWWWWW, right? Should we bully our parents, then? Cause we just can't keep our imagination out of someone else's bedroom? ;)
mortadelletube 3 months ago
@mortadelletube true enuf my friend, true enuf!
speshalkinca 3 months ago
Well all of those one word comments that can't support this cause. We know where you stand! Hope you don't have children. But for those who care this is a benchmark of our humanity. If we have a soul there is no reason not to take action.
IamMorpheaus 3 months ago
Agreed!! I hate to say it but 300 seems low. I hope it is lower though.
Taylorchinesescience 3 months ago
so powerful.
jme3393 3 months ago
i feel that even with people committing suicide, that the same arrogant people who first made fun of them will stick by their inhuman selves...but they need to wake up.. its not your life, leave them alone! You don't have anyone bothering you telling you how to live your life, why do you feel you have the right to do that to someone else?
CRiZYxo 3 months ago 4
@CRiZYxo LMFAO shut the fuck up lol
0208dnyce 3 months ago
if someone's chosen a certain way of living their life (whether it would be their sexuality, religion, a job) no one should ever feel they have a say on that person's life unless it ruins their own..
CRiZYxo 3 months ago
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fags don't have souls. if 2 gay men are toghter and both are female in the inside (becuase thier born that way) would'ent that make them lesbians?
mrsuperterd 3 months ago
@mrsuperterd
What you just said makes no sense. Are you saying that two...transgender lesbians are dressing up as guys? If thats what you're trying to say, then sure, they're lesbians, because they have female genitals.
Darkever84 3 months ago
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mrsuperterd 3 months ago
@mrsuperterd Well. How does it feel to be such an evil sorry excuse for a person? Feel sorry for anyone who knows you.
burnhigh 3 months ago
"Hi there, my name's Rick Mercer. Even though I've been openly gay for years, I rarely reference or even acknowledge my sexuality, even though if I did, I could inspire and give hope to thousands of young gay canadians, in addition to LGBTQ youth around the world."
PowerBitchJoe 3 months ago
People seem to think that acceptance of homosexuality is something that is going to continue. In fact, it has peaked. That fact needs to be accepted more than any other.
flotyu 3 months ago
@flotyu Do you have any data to back up your "fact"? Any? Even one? Of course you don't, you have your opinion, and you have confused what is true with what you WANT to be true.
MannyfromCanada 3 months ago
@ZeppelinRules
He doesn't hide but he's not super open either. And as far as I know aside from the occasional rant and an 'it gets betters' vid he doesn't seem to be doing a whole lot, which is a shame cause people listen to him, his stuff gets passed around. Not to say the mosquito nets aren't amazing. He does good stuff he just doesn't do a lot as far as the community is involved, as far as I'm aware
JustaSilentWarrior 3 months ago
As an adult I look at this and go "You know what? Rick Mercer is going places"
I'm just not sure why.
Dickking666 4 months ago
It's every kid that is so called different. Not just gay kids.
blurayrocks 4 months ago
Throughout all of Elementary school I had been bullied by people who were smaller than me and they just used hurtful language. However In high school it was better. This is also because I am lucky. I am 6'5" and 275lbs. Not everyone who gets bullied has this advantage. All bullying can be traced back to physicality. So For those unlucky ones there needs to be a way to make sure that there are others in the student community looking out for you.
JacobinRevival 4 months ago
BULLSHIT! Bullying is a part of growing up. Who's responsible? the fucking kids, gay or not. You can be gay and still have some fucking balls. If you don't have survival instinct then it's your fucking problem. You see kids in Africa fighting for their lives for real and they still have the will to live. Some pricks call you shit and you just off yourself? Fuck You, Goodbye. The world has enough real problems, I say 300 weak ass kids did us a favor.
gargamel6699 4 months ago
@gargamel6699 Jamie was actually physically assaulted. They held him down and tried to put batteries down his throat. Jamie was the only out of the closet gay person at his highschool. The dehumanizing anti-gay language used against him on a regular basis would have added to his feeling of isolation. If you constantly tell a goup that they will fail at math, they will eventually believe it and fail. Constantly telling someone he is worthless will make him believe it. R u happy about death?
TheProvocative9 4 months ago
@TheProvocative9
No death doesn't make me happy. Being physically assaulted is shitty, and must be dealt with as it normally would. Being gay doesn't come into the equation. He was assaulted by shit heads that must be prosecuted and their parents fined or have them sent to juvie. That is what laws are for. I am a nerd, and was bullied... once. Then I took care of things and no one fucked with me again. Not everyone's the same, but I there are ways to deal with things.
gargamel6699 4 months ago
@gargamel6699 Yes there is always a way to deal with things such as people acting like decent, intelligent, empathetic, civilized human beings. It's a distraction from the root of the problem and faulty logic to blame the victim. I have sympathy for the fact the you were bullied for being a nerd. However, you still can't understand the experience of a young gay male being treated like dirt for something you have no control over at all.
TheProvocative9 4 months ago
@gargamel6699 Other jerks have said it's survival of the fittest, so they are exceedingly glad to see this particular young death. With that logic one should also not care for cancer patients or the depressed, etc.
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@gargamel6699
.... you are one SICK individual !
cheeriosinabowl 4 months ago
@gargamel6699 Well good to know where what most if my junior high school is going to be like in the future. Not being bullied does not make you stronger; dealing with people in normal situations does that. What bullying does is take that and puts it over the line of what is acceptable, yes everyone has been teased i once in their life, and honestly the way you talk you were not "bullied" you were teased.
ubusrevenge 4 months ago
@gargamel6699 Being bullied is having everything you say or do made fun of, being bullied is being the last person to be chosen for any team or group project, being bullied is being called offensive things by people you are supposed to trust.
ubusrevenge 4 months ago
@gargamel6699 And just turning to an adult won't make it stop we have to actually take action against it. I was bullied for four years in junior high and it completely changed my personality and how I interact with people. I now can't trust other people and don't expect anything to be done about any problem I notify someone about, do you know why?
ubusrevenge 4 months ago
@gargamel6699 Because in my school every time I went to a teacher they simply asked what had been done, and what could I say "they called me names" didn't cover what they had been doing they had been mentally abusing me for the half hour you were away, and when I did react to the harassment they punished me, because "Reacting to them only makes it worse"
ubusrevenge 4 months ago
@gargamel6699 Then do your job as an educator and fix the root problem take the bullies aside and show them that it is unacceptable to behave the way they do. For four years I was the "Problem" student I was the one they sent to counselling and the one who was suspended and sent to detention because one day I came into class crying because someone had ripped down a picture I was in off the monthly news board wrote “whore” across it and shoved it in my locker.
ubusrevenge 4 months ago
@gargamel6699 So No sorry, it's not the person's whose being bullied fault. And you should be ashamed of the way you are speaking, being disrespectful of something like this does not make you cool, it makes you a disgusting excuse of a human being.
ubusrevenge 4 months ago
@gargamel6699 You are a sad person to be so angry at the victims. Please don't reproduce - that would create more real problems for the rest of us.
kate2cats 4 months ago
@kate2cats
I'm not angry at anybody. Sure, the bullies are assholes, but I cannot respect someone who kills himself because of some high school taunting, it may be a physical assault but, when there are people who REALLY suffer in the world and show such will to live, I have little pity for someone in this country with so much opportunity. And my kids are EXEMPLARY. I taught them to stand up for themselves.
gargamel6699 4 months ago
@gargamel6699
yeah sure, blame the fucking victim. The problem is definitely not the irrational and often violent reaction kids get for just trying to be who they are. No, it's the size of their goddamned balls. You must be a very intelligent person indeed.
Also, it is pretty funny how a guy calling himself "ThatCrazyMisanthrope" would be against anything that would lead to less people.
winfriedSS 4 months ago
@winfriedSS
I don't call myself "ThatCrazyMisanthrope". Yes, I am a very intelligent person. And no, I wasn't blaming the victim. Yes, bullying is terrible, it's a terrible experience. I am a nerd and I was bullied. I had a gay buddy that was bullied, hell, even I made fun of him when he went overly "fabulous". It's part of growing up. But someone who kills himself gets little sympathy from me. Especially one raised in a 1st world country.
gargamel6699 4 months ago
@gargamel6699 People who commit suicide have more balls then you do, that's for sure.
I also think dead people don't care for your sympathy, but that's just me.
bad1boy34 3 months ago
@bad1boy34
How could anything in this statement make any sense?
Yes, it is just you.
gargamel6699 3 months ago
@gargamel6699 I don't know how old you are. I'm 46, and back in '78, somebody thought it was funny to tell everyone I was gay (I am not). I was bullied, lonely, I skirted the edges of alcoholism, and became quite homophobic for a while.. I was able to go home and get away from the bullying at least.. Today, kids can't escape that easily. The internet, Facebook, youtube, smartphones make the bullying a 24 hour inescapable hell. Death may seem like the only out to a scared 14 year old.
MannyfromCanada 3 months ago
@MannyfromCanada
Loser.
gargamel6699 3 months ago
@gargamel6699 Aaaand we know where your brains are. You are the weakest link.
Goodbye.
MannyfromCanada 3 months ago
@gargamel6699 Yes, you are.
burnhigh 3 months ago
@gargamel6699 No sympathy for you either. Nice to live a heartless life. Enjoy.
burnhigh 3 months ago
@gargamel6699 Fuck you kid! I knew Jamie i went to his school! who the fuck are u to come in here and start a debate about shit. I wish it was u gone instead of jamie cause unlike u he was a nice person.
smashvillenashville 3 months ago
It's not Winfried's unusual interpretation that bothers me. At least, even in his ignorance he's repulsed by the idea of someone advocating suicide. It's what others have said that really makes me feel nauseous. Perhaps they've read too many dark nihilistic books above their own level of comprehension, books that adulate cruel characters? Perhaps they misinterpreted dostoevsky's devils? Praise Nikolai? Guess what! Your rigid, limited Opinions, make you appear desperate to hold any opinion. Boo!
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ThatCrazyMisanthrope 4 months ago
That thing he said at the end, "300 kids is 300 too many." Makes me think that Rick wants more kids to kill themselves.
Fucking psycho.
winfriedSS 4 months ago