I was browsing suicide songs on youtube a few hours ago and I stumbled upon Amanda Todd’s video.  She was stalked by a child predator, was bullied, and ultimately killed herself.  It is so heartbreaking.  It upsets me even more the responses people have posted, such heartless bastards, saying she was a whore and that she deserved it.  She was TWELVE when she was cajoled into flash her boob by an online sex predator.  Yes, she made a mistake.  But she was 12.  The online comments attacking her are so awful.
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She was 15 not 12. RIP.
She was 12 when she first encountered and got cyberstalked by the sex predator. She was 15 when she couldn’t take the harassment and bullying anymore and took her life.
Thanks.
It’s first thing in the morning and Amanda Todd’s story is the first thing I see and…dammit this is the third morning in a row I’ve needed a drink!
I remember reading her story many moons ago and I died on the inside, I couldn’t fathom the tenacity of the people involved in this case/her life?! I still can’t to be honest. I often wonder “what if” she came on SP and seeked out help? If instead of then, it was now that she’d decided to take her life, but found SP along the way and the gracious support that comes from this community. Maybe things would’ve been different? I’m in pain now just thinking about it all…not to mention Phoebe Prince…why anyone would want to hurt an Irish gal like herself is beyond me.
bah – you’ve made me feel a great many number of feels this morning. I both hate and thank you for this, mostly thank because I can deal with it, but that’s why I’m on SP; I’ll share my problems/booty anger with y’all, but there are people out there who genuinely need a helping hand, and if it means we can honour both Amanda & Phoebe by doing so, then it’s an outstanding job all around.
Thank you truly, take it easy out there.
this is very very sad. yes, many people do kill themselves because of bullying. i have been bullied silently, and cruelly ridiculed – the damage has been profoundly destructive. i wanted make a video to let some people know what happened to me.