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Gay Activist Dies By Suicide After LGBT Mob Hounds Him For Protesting Drag Queen Story Hour

 
 
 
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"The LGBT mob and media simply cannot see that they are the source of hatred and bullying. Their movement has built a toxic culture of political dissent."


"A young man ends his own life, and hundreds of people cheer and laugh, confident in their assessment that he was a bad person and therefore, the world is better without him. It seems the internet has created a generation wherein cruel comments and self-righteous indignation are as freely posted and forgotten as emojis in a text. But these words last forever, and they show us the world in which we live. Cruelty as social justice? The leaders of the left stay silent."


This is such a tragedy. This is a perfect example of leftists bullying someone to their death, but they complain it's the conservatives who are the bad ones.

This conservative was gay and a part of the LGBT community and still, it wasn't enough for them just because he denounced drag queens. That's a reason to bully the kid to his death?

Do any leftists on this board have remorse that he's gone? Will any of you guys change your tune and admit that maybe....just maybe...leftists go too far? Curious for your thoughts.
 
Don't be ridiculous.
Everyone knows that SOGI related youth suicides are only ever caused by the heterosexist, CIS binary non-LGBTQ folks...and conversion therapy.
 
It seems like in this case one person's preaching at people about groups of people is another person's bullying. So, you are biased taking a side just because of your views. On the flip side, you could be said to also be bullying leftists from your op because it is also preaching at groups of people. There has to be a stricter definition and more fair than just how you want to define it or it has no meaning.
 
Obviously there was much more going on in this guys head than bullying. He took his life less than 24 hours after the library protest took place.

Not to mention that he did exactly the same thing, bullying, to the drag queens that you complain about. Only he did it much more forcefully and scared and upset a bunch of kids in the process.
 
ZiprHead said:
Obviously there was much more going on in this guys head than bullying. He took his life less than 24 hours after the library protest took place.

Not to mention that he did exactly the same thing, bullying, to the drag queens that you complain about. Only he did it much more forcefully and scared and upset a bunch of kids in the process.
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He did not bully anybody. He protested. He waited until the story time was over and he protested. Protesting isn't bullying, unless he was physically intimidating and violent, which he wasn't.

But the hundreds of messages on his social media dogpiling him and telling him he was a worthless piece of shit who should kill himself, THAT was bullying.

Some of the mob who bayed for his blood deleted their hatred after the fact of his suicide. Others doubled down and celebrated his death.
 
Metaphor said:
ZiprHead said:
Obviously there was much more going on in this guys head than bullying. He took his life less than 24 hours after the library protest took place.

Not to mention that he did exactly the same thing, bullying, to the drag queens that you complain about. Only he did it much more forcefully and scared and upset a bunch of kids in the process.
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He did not bully anybody. He protested. He waited until the story time was over and he protested. Protesting isn't bullying, unless he was physically intimidating and violent, which he wasn't.

But the hundreds of messages on his social media dogpiling him and telling him he was a worthless piece of shit who should kill himself, THAT was bullying.

Some of the mob who bayed for his blood deleted their hatred after the fact of his suicide. Others doubled down and celebrated his death.
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Yes, it is sad indeed when people claim that protesting is bullying.
 
It's unfortunate that he didn't just close his Facebook. Social media is not real life. If you ignore the mob it will go away.
 
Metaphor said:
ZiprHead said:
Obviously there was much more going on in this guys head than bullying. He took his life less than 24 hours after the library protest took place.

Not to mention that he did exactly the same thing, bullying, to the drag queens that you complain about. Only he did it much more forcefully and scared and upset a bunch of kids in the process.
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He did not bully anybody. He protested. He waited until the story time was over and he protested. Protesting isn't bullying, unless he was physically intimidating and violent, which he wasn't.
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Not according to the pictures and description I read. The pictures show him right up face to face with the drag queen.

Metaphor said:
But the hundreds of messages on his social media dogpiling him and telling him he was a worthless piece of shit who should kill himself, THAT was bullying.

Some of the mob who bayed for his blood deleted their hatred after the fact of his suicide. Others doubled down and celebrated his death.
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Again, there was bullying on both sides. Someone doesn't take that bullying so much to heart in less than a day that they kill themselves. Some who knew him said he was "troubled".

And comments after his death don't count.
 
Comments after his death count very much towards the effect they have on others in his exact same place.
 
ZiprHead said:
Not according to the pictures and description I read. The pictures show him right up face to face with the drag queen.

Metaphor said:
But the hundreds of messages on his social media dogpiling him and telling him he was a worthless piece of shit who should kill himself, THAT was bullying.

Some of the mob who bayed for his blood deleted their hatred after the fact of his suicide. Others doubled down and celebrated his death.
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Again, there was bullying on both sides. Someone doesn't take that bullying so much to heart in less than a day that they kill themselves. Some who knew him said he was "troubled".

And comments after his death don't count.
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But can't you guys see the double standard? If this was a white supremacist who was bullying a black kid until he committed suicide, you guys would be blaming Trump and talking about how sick these white supremacists are.
 
Lion IRC said:
Comments after his death count very much towards the effect they have on others in his exact same place.
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Agreed, but they don't count towards his death. That was the point I was trying to make.
 
ZiprHead said:
Not according to the pictures and description I read. The pictures show him right up face to face with the drag queen.
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That does not evidence bullying any more than the picture of the MAGA hat boy smiling at the Native American.

In any case, even if it were, drag queens can more than stand up for themselves. They wouldn't be drag queens if they couldn't. And even a physically threatening intimidation (if that's what happened, and I don't believe it) is not the same as hundreds of people telling you you should kill yourself and that your name in the media over the incident will tar you for life.

Again, there was bullying on both sides. Someone doesn't take that bullying so much to heart in less than a day that they kill themselves. Some who knew him said he was "troubled".
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I don't doubt that he was troubled. In fact, that's what makes the bullying more abhorrent, not less.

And comments after his death don't count.
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Well, they can't drive him to suicide twice, I agree.
 
Just in case anyone was actually wondering if Half-life was being disingenuous about the incident:

Drag queens reading to kids in Brisbane library confronted by UQ Liberal National Club members

Brisbane mother Jenny Griffin said her children, 6 and 8, enjoyed the stories and a sing-along and were about to start a craft activity when the protesters entered.

"My kids were shocked, confused and just scared. My daughter was snuggling into me and starting to cry," she said.

"I was worried, I was concerned for my kids' safety.

"Most of the kids were five and under.

"I was really upset my kids had to see that because this was their first introduction to this more violent homophobia."

Ms Griffin said security acted quickly, removing the group from the room within minutes.

"We couldn't leave because they were outside. The kids could still hear and see everything," she said.

"I'm angry at the audacity of these young people to be harassing and kind of threatening when your audience is little kids, it's inappropriate."
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So the innocent protest had children in tears and involved security. The man in question was unjustly bullied and regrettably took his own life. The Drag Queens who organised the reading did not "cheer and laugh". Instead they issued this statement:
"Rainbow Families Queensland were informed earlier today that the leader of yesterday's drag Storytime protest took his own life this morning," the statement said.

"We are deeply saddened by this news and extend our sympathies to his family."
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The whole incident is saddening, but using it to rail against the left to score political points is fucking despicable, yet depressingly predictable considering the usual suspects involved.
 
It's not an issue with the 'LGBT mob'. It's the unfortunate mechanics of the internet era--applicable to members of all camps an alignments. People get harassed, threatened, abused, and when their story gets attention it can happen en masse.

If* you actually give a shit and have some investment in doing something about it, you won't get anywhere by focusing on LGBT people and allies (or any subgroup).


*I say 'if', but obviously the point of the thread was to talk shit about LGBT people, not to show any sort of concern for human welfare.
 
Do any leftists on this board have remorse that he's gone? Will any of you guys change your tune and admit that maybe....just maybe...leftists go too far? Curious for your thoughts.
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This thread makes me want to poke my eyes out with a number 2 pencil.

Does that count as being bullied?
 
A more clear cut case was the suicide of Alec Holowka after he was blindsided by twitter accusations from Zoe Quinn and let go from involvement in his company.
 
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