User blog:Mrdaimion/Mini-Rant: Amanda Todd

jeez I haven't done one of these in forever

Yeah, you all know the drill. This rant will probably be rather small, but the fact that this is getting so huge is so stupid I feel like I need to do a rant about it. (also, for once, I won't be cursing in this, so people of all ages can read)

Who is She?
Well, Amanda Todd is, in short a girl who about a month ago posted a video about how much trouble she was going through in life and about a month later ended up killing herself. For the longer story, I'm going to be taking it from the Facebook page dedicated to her:

"This girl, her name is Amanda Todd. She posted a video on YouTube a few days ago. She was bullied so bad it led to suicide...

She was in a webcam chat group to meet up with new and old people. They started calling her Beautiful, Stunning, cute, Etc. And then they asked her to flash... So she did..... Thinking it was nothing...

A year went by and some guy she did not know, messaged her saying ”Give me a 'show' or I will send your boobs.” She ignored it..... Christmas Break came and a knock came on her door at 4 AM. It was the police... That person sent the picture to EVERYONE. Everyone judged her. Bullied her. From ONE MISTAKE. She ended up switching schools. That person found out her school, friends, address once again and sent them there too. She had no one. Everyone hated her. She ended up switching towns. Then at this new school....She met this boy who she thought liked her. He didn't....he had a girlfriend. One day she got a note saying you better leave school. She didn't. A group of boys and girls including that boy, the girlfriend and more came up to her while the school surrounded her. The girl said “Look around, No one likes you.” One kid from the group said “JUST PUNCH HER ALREADY!” So she did, and Amanda got beat really bad. And got left. Alone. And her dad ended up finding her in a ditch hours later. She went home and drank bleach, to try to kill herself. It didn't work. The next day all over her Facebook page was written “Drink some more bleach", "No one cares", "I hope she dies, "No one would cry", "Everyone hates you", "Amanda try it again we dare you"…and so much more. She cried every night. Why did everyone hate her.

One mistake. One. She started cutting so much and did drugs,and drank alcohal. She ended up trying to kill herself again. She failed. She couldnt take it anymore. At the end of the video it said ”I am Amanda Todd. I just need someone.” October 10th she hung herself. She is dead. Rest in paradise, Amanda. You're beautiful. I will find a way to help stop bullying. I will share your story. Heaven gained an angel. xo."

Now, I know what you're thinking: "BUT SAM! That story sounds so touching! Why is it stupid?"

Well, me, I'm glad you asked, because the thing is: That story is glorified times a billion to make her seem like an angel.

The Truth
Now, first off, she didn't "think it was nothing" to flash for a bunch of strangers and she wasn't really pressured into it either, she was 12, and that's old enough to know the consequnces of that, but she did it anyways willingly because she wanted the attention. (And, on that matter, it doesn't matter that she was [admittedly] beautiful guys, I don't know why everyone keeps bringing that up- how does it only matter if you're bullied if you're attractive?)

Secondly, so what if it was just "one mistake"? It's a really huge mistake- that's like saying you shouldn't be afraid of someone just because he murdered a family before. And besides, honestly, from her actions, she seems like she might have already slept with a few guys from the school (and she definatly slept with a lot of guys later), and it wouldn't surprise me if she was mean or annoying/stupid, so it probably wasn't even one mistake people judged her by.

Thirdly, you know the guy who she thought really liked her after they moved? Yeah, she slept with him. And remember that this was presumbably a few weeks after she moved, further enforcing the idea that she was a slut (especially since she ended up sleeping with a ton more guys later on).

Fourthly, she wasn't bullied nearly as bad as people say she was- for example, the girl whose bf she slept with bullied her once over 6-8 months, not multiple times over 2 years (though this excerpt from the page doesn't say that, a lot of other sources do). Also, I'm pretty sure the part about the Facebook page is made up, because usually someone doesn't post "alright guys I'm drinking bleach to kill myself bye" as their status (and usually when people say they're "drinking bleach" it's to forget something).

And finally, if she was too stupid to block people online instead of be bullied by them, than there really was probably more reasons she was bullied (which probs revolved around her being mean and annoying).

Conclusion
In short: Amanda Todd was a stupid slut who killed herself because she was a coward. If there's anything who doesn't deserve sympathy for suicide, it's her.

But you know what annoys me the most? I'm sure that most people who hear about Amanda Todd aren't going to change the way they act at all. So, instead of me just being a saracastic ass, let me just end this rant off on something actually meaningful:

Instead of feeling sorry for a dead girl, try to actually make a difference in this world.

Talk to the kid sitting by himself at lunch.

If a guy tells you to leave him alone when you tease him, listen.

Try to be a little nicer to everyone.

If you really feel sorry for Amanda Todd or any of the other thousdands of suicides every year, don't just make a post on Facebook and call it a day, try to do your best to prevent anyone else from meeting the same fate.

guess this rant isn't so mini anymore but whatever