Rude remarks, ugly names, hateful text messages. Facebook posts and videos on the web have become a prime source of bullying and are now causing teenagers and young adults to take their own lives to escape the serious emotional scars that bullying leaves.
It is absolutely appalling that people are capable of doing such heartless things to others. What good comes from bullying? A little self-esteem boost, maybe. But that is not enough of a reason to cause someone to take their own life.
Teenagers in particular do not think of the repercussions of the things they say and do. Someone might make a comment intended to be funny, but  hurting people isn’t funny. Ever.
High school is only four years of someone’s life. It shouldn’t be someone’s defining moment, nor should it matter who someone is, what they wear, how they act or talk or what their sexual orientation is. Those four years certainly shouldn’t end early because of suicide brought on by constant peer criticism, rudeness and overall nastiness.
It is not fair, right, or just to continuously beat down on someone for who they are. It is ridiculous that bullying hasn’t stopped already after the last month when suicides brought on by bullying made national news for weeks. Bullying needs to stop. There is no doubt about that. It is wrong in every way possible and if the bullies were the bullied, they would feel the same way.
People are bullied every day and with that comes fear, hurt, pain, hating themselves and ultimately taking their own life to escape from the emotional scars they bear everyday. Stand up for the bullied and don’t become the bully. You don’t want to be the reason someone takes their own life.