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If you’ve
been following online media at all chances
are you know who Amanda Todd is. She is the
Canadian teen who committed suicide because
of bullying. She posted a Youtube video that
told her story. The comments on the video
and the web have managed to both warm my
heart and horrify me. Some commenters have
made such hateful and vicious remarks about
her taking her life that I won’t credit them
with repeating them. It’s not just a few,
but many disgusting negative things being
said. I refuse to believe these people speak
for the masses. I have to believe the
majority of us don’t think “she deserved
it”. And I’m guessing most of us are
sickened of the stories we hear about
bullying. Many of us have had our lives
touched by bullying in some form. It changes
you. You can often feel isolated, desperate
and lose all hope. That’s a dangerous place
to be.
Without
hope.
I’m not the
only author who feels this way. In fact, a
group of us gathered together to stand
united against bullying. We want those who
are victims of bullying to know they are not
alone and there is hope. On Friday Oct 19th
Authors Against Bullying posted to our blogs
letting the world know we are not okay with
bullying.
Bullying is
an everyday problem for so many people of
all ages, races and sex. If our stories help
even one person they were worth telling.
Thank you!-- Mandy Roth
Direct link to Mandy's Authors Against
Bullying post
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