Louis CK mocks Parkland shooting survivors

See, I have to disagree a little. Especially when you said even if the kids alone and one talks to them it’s OK to ostracize or bulky them?  Sometimes kids are angry or sad because of bullying incident. They may bullied for things they can’t control. If they smell, maybe their family doesn’t have money to keep the water on? So that mean kids are supposed to mean tonthem because no one’s doing anything to help him?

I know Nicholas Cruz is a very different case. However it could turn into a slippery slope. Kids could find someone scary because they have a facial deformity? So it’s ok to ostracize them and bully them?  I also don’t think you should to nice someone if you feel afraid of them if they’re violent or mean . Distance yourself, but you don’t have to be an asshole to them. I always go back to what Devon said. She wondered if she got over her fear of Eric and  if she reached out to him if things would’ve been different. She doesn’t know, but she said that she doesn’t think walk out and walk up are mutually exclusive. You can be kind to people...I don’t think kids should put them selves in the danger to help someone either!! I think I might be taking it too personally because of my own experiences. I don’t like what she said and I don’t like that it’s making people think it’s OK to bully kids who are different. Because that’s what it’s saying. Also do you know that the adults should’ve stepped in very long time ago to help. It’s not the kids responsibility to help  but I’m just saying they didn’t have to poke the bear....

Screamingophelia wrote:

Distance yourself, but you don’t have to be an asshole to them.

That's exactly what I think. I hope my previous post didn't make anyone think that I defended bullies. To me there is a huge difference between not wanting to be with someone that you don't feel comfortable being with and bullying him, being actually mean to him.
Avoiding someone can be understandable, bullying someone is always bad. But maybe we shouldn't see people as only one big group: you may not talk to someone because he is not the kind of people you usually hang out with, but another group may have talked to him and he wouldn't have been ostracized.
Also when I say I can understand that kids ostracize another kid, I mean if this kid really act in a weird, anti-social way, in a way that makes him seem not trustworthy or even dangerous or if his tastes are too exclusive (and in this case it is even possible that he ostracized himself). I don't think it is ok for a kid who is just too poor to buy branded clothes to be ostracized.

Neah wrote:

Screamingophelia wrote:

Distance yourself, but you don’t have to be an asshole to them.

That's exactly what I think. I hope my previous post didn't make anyone think that I defended bullies. To me there is a huge difference between not wanting to be with someone that you don't feel comfortable being with and bullying him, being actually mean to him.
Avoiding someone can be understandable, bullying someone is always bad. But maybe we shouldn't see people as only one big group: you may not talk to someone because he is not the kind of people you usually hang out with, but another group may have talked to him and he wouldn't have been ostracized.
Also when I say I can understand that kids ostracize another kid, I mean if this kid really act in a weird, anti-social way, in a way that makes him seem not trustworthy or even dangerous or if his tastes are too exclusive (and in this case it is even possible that he ostracized himself). I don't think it is ok for a kid who is just too poor to buy branded clothes to be ostracized.

You are right though, I think a lot of times too you don’t mean to exclude people. You get into a groove with people you get along with and you don’t deviate... which is fair.

Eric and Dylan were ostracized in many ways but there were also plenty of people who embraced them. I think Eric dug his own hole sometimes with his temper...


There is a great line from 90210... I know. I know don’t laugh yet . And it’s between Naomi and Max. Naomi really popular and Max is a “nerd” Naomi developed feelings for him after he helps her out with something and she tries to impress him by dressing up as an avatar character and his friends are really mean to her. And they make fun of her. And Max goes to comfort her and Naomi says you know, your friends are just as mean and judgmental as you say mine are.

There can be ostracization within clicques too. Look at the way people talk about Robert Perry who was a member of the TCM. His supposed friends were mean to him because his coat was cheep and has acne...

Pixie13 wrote:

Cruz was a horrible kid and I doubt any of you would have befriended him.

Full disclosure here, I befriended or became acquainted with some of the strange or delinquent kids at my school, so in all honesty I could see myself being on friendly terms with Nick.

Now whether he'd still shoot me or not is up in the air.

Pixie13 wrote:

I can't believe you're expecting teenagers to embrace someone who was abusive and violent. The victim-blaming here is disgusting. Cruz was a horrible kid and I doubt any of you would have befriended him.

It's not victim-blaming when she could barely can even be considered a victim at all.  Plus no-one here said that they should've embraced Cruz at all, but rather kept their distance and leave each other be.

UncontinuedProcess wrote:

Pixie13 wrote:

I can't believe you're expecting teenagers to embrace someone who was abusive and violent. The victim-blaming here is disgusting. Cruz was a horrible kid and I doubt any of you would have befriended him.

It's not victim-blaming when she could barely can even be considered a victim at all.  Plus no-one here said that they should've embraced Cruz at all, but rather kept their distance and leave each other be.

That is something I’ve spoken to a friend about. About how there’s almost levels of survivors when it comes to these tragedies. And a lot of people have survivors guilt over it Or they don’t feel like they have any right to feel like a survivor because they may have been out of school that day or got out of school quickly.

Brooks Brown and John Savage were both technically “let go” and would be called survivors. However brooks’s experience with the actual shooting (not aftermath ) pales in comparison with what John endured.

I kind of want to make a separate thread about this....

Screamingophelia wrote:

UncontinuedProcess wrote:

Pixie13 wrote:

I can't believe you're expecting teenagers to embrace someone who was abusive and violent. The victim-blaming here is disgusting. Cruz was a horrible kid and I doubt any of you would have befriended him.

It's not victim-blaming when she could barely can even be considered a victim at all.  Plus no-one here said that they should've embraced Cruz at all, but rather kept their distance and leave each other be.

That is something I’ve spoken to a friend about. About how there’s almost levels of survivors  when it comes to these tragedies. And a lot of people have survivors guilt over it Or they don’t feel like they have any right to feel like a survivor because they may have been out of school that day or got out of school quickly.

Brooks Brown and John Savage were both technically “let go” and would be called survivors. However brooks’s experience with the actual shooting (not aftermath ) pales in comparison with what John endured.

I kind of want to make a separate thread about this....

I think you should since it does warrant discussion. I would still call Brooks Brown a "Columbine Survivor" considering he encountered Eric minutes prior to the shooting who in the past threaten to kill him, obviously John Savage has a more dramatic story of his survival as he was caught right in the middle of the library massacre. Due to the attack during the lunch break with students and teachers roaming about freely, I would consider anybody within that building during those 16 minutes when E&D were actively killing to be survivors. I won't considered students that didn't come in that day to be survivors nor people who went somewhere else outside that school during the period.

Screamingophelia wrote:

UncontinuedProcess wrote:

Pixie13 wrote:

I can't believe you're expecting teenagers to embrace someone who was abusive and violent. The victim-blaming here is disgusting. Cruz was a horrible kid and I doubt any of you would have befriended him.

It's not victim-blaming when she could barely can even be considered a victim at all.  Plus no-one here said that they should've embraced Cruz at all, but rather kept their distance and leave each other be.

That is something I’ve spoken to a friend about. About how there’s almost levels of survivors  when it comes to these tragedies. And a lot of people have survivors guilt over it Or they don’t feel like they have any right to feel like a survivor because they may have been out of school that day or got out of school quickly.

Brooks Brown and John Savage were both technically “let go” and would be called survivors. However brooks’s experience with the actual shooting (not aftermath ) pales in comparison with what John endured.

I kind of want to make a separate thread about this....

Yes, I just don't like the girl at all. She just doesn't seem to be a friendly person. I can't believe Cruz would let someone like her bully him in the first place, girl or not, I would of knocked her out.