Right, so I'll throw in my two cents. As per usual with me.
As for the story itself:
I always said "So what" to what the mother did. She might've tried to fish for attention and she might be a total cunt. Who cares? The kid's getting bullied. That's the issue here. Don't judge a kid based on their mother's actions.
As for the second update... there's been no proof. Like, zero. Some woman on a random Twitter account said that kids from his school had said that he said racist stuff. In my eyes, if you verbally attack someone, then expect backlash. And that's why if the kid said racist stuff, then he deserved to be mocked back. But that's to an extent. Usually kids can handle a couple of days of backlash and bullying. But after that things should get back to normal. He obviously had his fill with the bullying from what he said. Lesson learned and move on. But the kids took it too far then and became bullies. If he even said racist stuff to begin with.
In any case here, true or not, the kid was still bullied. Even if you punch someone, then you shouldn't be beaten nearly to death over it. Expect a backlash of twice the magnitude or even slightly more, but don't over do it.
I hope the kid fares well now. Hopefully if there are shady aspects to his family then I hope those disappear soon enough.
As for bullying itself.. it sucks. It really sucks. I was bullied, became depressed, blah blah blah, now I'm fine. I won't start pitying myself here.
Same goes for the kids. Don't pity yourself. If you're getting bullied now, then just tough it out. It sounds like terrible advice, but that's usually the best strategy. In a few years you won't see those dumbfucks.
If you try and retaliate, then make sure you're prepared at the very least. First of all, don't use physical violence. It'll just get you into trouble. Instead, make sure that you can take them out verbally. Show yourself to be smarter. Make sure you have a solid comeback. If they're as a group, then make sure you mock their leader. Usually those people can't take even a simple joke against them.
But overall, I'd recommend to just not do much. Try and take it as easily as possible. It's just words by the end of the day. Most of the time those retards just say shit to say shit. It won't mean much to them, so don't have it mean much to you either.
In time you'll heal. You'll get better. You'll grow stronger from that experience.
Today I could take any one of those idiots on in any discussion. I'm smarter than them. If I had to have a debate with them, they'd be left dumbfounded. So will you in a few years.
It was a convoluted rant, but I hope something here made sense and helped you out.
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According to a federal study released on Tuesday, one in every five middle and high school students has complained of being bullied at school, while the number of reported incidents of sexual assaults on college campuses has more than tripled over the past ten years.
The anti-bullying video of a Union County middle schooler went viral over the weekend, garnering the attention of the Tennessee Titans and the University of Tennessee Vols football teams.
Kimberly Jones posted the video of her son, Keaton, on her Facebook page Friday shortly after 12:30 p.m. She said she had just picked Keaton up from school because he was too afraid to go to lunch as a result of bullying.
Despite some other media reports, Keaton is not a student in Knox County, according to Carly Harrington, Knox County Schools spokesperson. Rather, he attends Horace Maynard Middle School in Maynardville, in Union County. He used to attend Knox County but left in July 2017, according to Harrington.
"For the record, Keaton asked to do this AFTER he had me pick him up AGAIN because he was afraid to go to lunch," Jones wrote in her Facebook post.
"My kids are by no stretch perfect, and at home, he's as all boy as they come, but by all accounts he's good at school. Talk to your kids. I've even had friends of mine tell me (their) kids were only nice to him to get him to mess with people. We all know how it feels to want to belong, but only a select few know how it really feels not to belong anywhere," she wrote.
In the video, Keaton, crying in the passenger seat, describes having milk poured on him and ham put down his clothes.
"Just out of curiosity, why do they bully? What's the point of it?" Keaton began. "Why do you find joy in taking innocent people and finding a way to be mean to 'em? It's not okay."
Keaton said kids at school make fun of his nose, call him ugly and tell him he has no friends.
Jones, in another social media post on Oct. 18, described one such incident. At a birthday party, she wrote, another boy said he knew Keaton by his scars, one that "goes all the way across his face."
Jones wrote that her son was born with a tumor.
"It's not OK!" Keaton cried in his video. "People that are different don't need to be criticized about it. It's not their fault. But if you are made fun of, don't let it bother you. They suck I guess. Hard. But it will probably get better one day."
Within hours, the post had thousands of views. By Saturday night it had been viewed more than 11 million times and shared by nearly 250,000 people.
http://www.knoxnews.com/story/news/2017/12/09/crying-east-tennessee-boys-viral-anti-bullying-video-attracts-attention-vols-titans/937967001/
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[Update] So now there is a story about the boy's mother that is a bit controversial, as in being depicted racist but also trying to collect money for herself, someone else had 50000 raised for the boy but now waiting to hear more about the mother.
Anyway this topic is still be about the boy, who's situation is real, and about all those others that suffer(ed) from it, i been there too.
Just felt this boy's story really reflected how one would feel being the victim of a bully.
[Update2] Someone here said the kid (only) got bullied after saying the n word to someone, offcourse no way to condone that, but apparently his father is also in jail and a racist, if you get pushed daily to your limits, then imagine you just lose your control at one point.
And as people are, this boy also most likely got picked on because of his scar and how he looked, if not for being bullied at school, his parents bullied him into raising him this way. Offcourse there are plenty of other examples, maybe some that didn't have such a "drama" afterwards, but this came to me to attention even in the dutch media, and being bullied myself, i understood this boys feeling of helplessness, and the way he said "i rather have them bully me so others don't have to suffer the same" makes him in my eyes, the hero.
Most that do bully most likely will often think "oh it are just words" and they don't see or feel the pain it can cause, and some will be suffer from it the rest of their lifes. The target (the bullies at school), there probably won't be many of them here, but even in today's society people even get bullied at their work, this topic is and wasn't just about the boy, it was just an example of the outcry of someone suffering (daily) bullying, but the topic in general is just awareness of bullying in general, and if you have your own story, or know someone around you, feel free to share them, maybe your story can help atleast 1 person here, reading this.
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