Mmmmm, bullies are so cool!
You know that kid, the weird one, in the back? The one with the slightly odd social skills? What about that emo kid? The one who is always depressed? What about that super sensitive “nice guy”? What about the poor girl who wears her older sister’s hand me downs? What about that spoiled kid whose parents give him everything but never pay any attention to him?
Do you know any of these kids? Yeah, I thought you might.
Do you laugh at them? Make fun of them? Call them names like “loser” or “fag”? Provoke them into saying or doing stupid things? But hey, it’s all in good fun, right? I mean, after all, that kid is an asshole, a loser, a nobody. Right?
Wrong.
That’s someone’s son or daughter, someone’s brother or sister, maybe someone in pain, maybe someone who may need help, maybe someone who may very well be on the ragged edge of sanity. But hey, you have your fun.
It’s entirely possible that you, yes, you, are helping to create the next Eric Harris, the next Dylan Klebold.
And after they’ve gone crazy, and you’ve gotten your chance to try and be the hero you are so longing to be, well, won’t that just be swell?
I’m sure your parents will be proud.
Regular readers please note: This isn’t about VT, it’s more about some stuff I see going on -right- now in our very own Potomac Falls High and carrying through to MySpace.