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Beyond heartbreaking
LOMA LINDA, Calif. (CBSLA) A Yucaipa family is living a parents worst nightmare having to say a final good-bye to their own child.
Charlene and Freddie Avila couldnt hold back the tears as they talked about their 13-year-old daughter Rosalie outside the hospital where she was on life support Sunday night.
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A journal left behind by the eight-grader, who dreamed of being a lawyer one day, documented some of the bullying she experienced at her Calimesa school.
They told me I was ugly today,' her father Freddie recalled reading. They were making fun of me today about my teeth.'
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They received a message on social media with photos of Rosalie saying, Hey mom. Next time dont tuck me in this, referencing a bed. Below that, it says, Tuck me in THIS, an arrow pointing to an open grave.
They received a message on social media with photos of Rosalie saying, Hey mom. Next time dont tuck me in this, referencing a bed. Below that, it says, Tuck me in THIS, an arrow pointing to an open grave.
Rosalie Avilas parents said they received this on social media after her daughter tried to commit suicide.
Addressing those faceless persons responsible for the post, Charlene said, For you to do that, I mean, youre heartless. Youre a very heartless person, and you have no compassion.
The parents have turned Rosalies journal over to the police, and they want the school district to do something about the bullying, saying enough wasnt done to prevent this tragedy.
https://cbslocal.com/2017/12/04/bullying-continues-after-13-year-old-attempts-suicide-is-put-on-life-support/
mrs_p
(3,014 posts)Who the fuck raises little assholes like this? Seriously.
haele
(12,682 posts)That, or older kids.
There are a lot of petulant little brats who are supposed to be adults or nearing adulthood out there who think it's cute to bully and harass someone who doesn't fit their idea of "cool kids".
I remember even as late as a couple years ago, online activists at 4chan or Anonymous used to go after adult bullies and brats. I guess the right-wing troll blight has taken over even those sites.
It's just so easy to be mean.
Haele
whathehell
(29,096 posts)They need mandatory counseling and/or Juvenile detention. This shit is scary.
gratuitous
(82,849 posts)I can't imagine the depravity of some people, and I don't want to.
LanternWaste
(37,748 posts)Those little bullies are the dullards and half-wits who grow up to joke about Darwin Awards to feel better about themselves.
They're also the most hysterical when that's pointed out to them.
Orrex
(63,227 posts)What makes you think so?
Tommy_Carcetti
(43,209 posts)DFW
(54,447 posts)These are sociopaths incapable of shame, or remorse.
Some people are born missing a right arm. These people are born without a conscience, and that's something you can't grow, implant or transplant. You will never convince them they did anything wrong, because the very concept is alien to them. One can imprison them or even try to eradicate them, but it's useless. They will go to their graves having no regret for their actions, and not having any idea why anyone else thinks they should..
Tommy_Carcetti
(43,209 posts)DFW
(54,447 posts)That is EXACTLY who I had in mind. Not exactly well-concealed, I guess.......
VOX
(22,976 posts)I never knew I could have one person so much. That asshole is tearing things apart, and right now, he's laughing in his own world.
Someone needs to bust up that existence, and soon. I want prison time for that fuckstick.
Judi Lynn
(160,636 posts)What a shame there was no one who could help her tune them out.
It hurts anyone who realizes how much pain someone like Rosalie endures before they are so overwhelmed this seems like the only way.
Rest in peace, finally, Rosalie Avila.
Solly Mack
(90,789 posts)whathehell
(29,096 posts)and it was well-deserved...These monsters should get the same.
get the red out
(13,468 posts)Their parents should also be viewed as at least somewhat accountable IMO. What evil creatures! And I do mean evil in every since of the word!
whathehell
(29,096 posts)What is causing so many young people to seemingly LACK a conscience??
I hate to do that predictable "when I was that age" comparison
but seriously, the teens of my era (60's) we're just not like this...Sure, there were bullies, but no "suicide pushers", for God's sake.
You never even heard of teen suicides then -- I'm sure it happened here and there, but it was not at all prevalent.and doesn't serm to
have become so until the Eighties...Something has gone very, very wrong.
Mariana
(14,861 posts)unless it was someone really famous. I knew about three suicides, for certain, from my high school while I attended there, two shootings and a hanging. There were also some possibly intentional drug/alcohol overdoses. None of them made the front page even in the local papers.
I've read thousands and thousands of death records and old newspapers. Suicide has always been pretty common, from what I can see, even among young people. The only thing that's new is that more of the stories go viral.
whopis01
(3,525 posts)Just community service and probation.
whathehell
(29,096 posts)but at least they were charged and made to sweat it out. There are now 43 states with Anti-bullying laws.
lpbk2713
(42,769 posts)I hope the little cowards who did this are found and held accountable.
ProudLib72
(17,984 posts)Initech
(100,107 posts)RhodeIslandOne
(5,042 posts)This sounds like the work of an adult. And one who may hate the parents more than the child.
Initech
(100,107 posts)Guy was a total psychopath. It took a lot to bring him down because his mom was a big wig in the school district but it finally happened and I was glad to get rid of that monster.
Dem_4_Life
(1,765 posts)She looks like such a sweet girl and a beautiful soul. Bullies are the absolute worst humans. Future sociopaths. I hope karma catches up with them.
VOX
(22,976 posts)For whatever good it might bring, social media is a power source for bullies and lunatics who would not otherwise have a voice. Just like a loaded weapon gives an emotionally disturbed person the power to bring death to anyone.
Obviously, social media is here to stay, but it does has the capacity to drive vulnerable individuals to extreme acts. From Trump's tweets to a school-kid's taunts; from mass killers posing for selfies with their hardware, to religious extremists getting ginned up with their followers.
Should it be censored? No, that's impossible. I don't have the answer (yet) to this ever-growing problem.
EllieBC
(3,042 posts)You raise craptastic bullies you get owned in court and end up with nothing to your name.
And publish the little jerks names too.
nycbos
(6,039 posts)And it makes me despise the human race.
AllaN01Bear
(18,491 posts)i do remember # number of friends commiting suicide and i hated my high school years . was unberable was depressed for four years . so sad. yet another life taken by this . id sue the school district, municipality till next week for this . id also sue the media provider for letting it go on in face of "community guidelines ."
JustABozoOnThisBus
(23,371 posts)Now it seems relentless, all day, every day, due to technology.
No answer, no escape, no refuge, no relief.
Egnever
(21,506 posts)I don't envy these kids today having to grow up with it. At the same time I totally envy these kids getting to grow up with the internet. It's a two sided coin and I have no idea what can be done about it except to love them and try to bring balance to their lives.
Alea
(706 posts)I don't know how to stop it but I wish somehow it could be stopped. I think if I could be granted one wish right now it would be to stop this kind of bullying.
whathehell
(29,096 posts)Get these monsters and show them some justice.
AllaN01Bear
(18,491 posts)whathehell
(29,096 posts)doodsaq
(120 posts)My child's school is supposedly "zero tolerance", but we've heard of plenty of bullying incidents anyway, followed up by no action whatsoever. Maybe they're scared of the many fucked up, psychotic parents these days? I don't know.
mvd
(65,180 posts)And it's not good that it's so hard to get through your school years without a bully. I had one in middle school that made me finish the year from home. And one in high school that was mostly just juvenile but very annoying. The high school one was in Catholic school! It's a problem that needs to be addressed more.
Egnever
(21,506 posts)She is super cute and undoubtedly would have grown up to be a beautiful young lady. Perception for children is often shaped by their peers sadly.
My own kid is going through a rough patch at school not from outright bullying but trying to fit in as we all did. I am constantly telling him to try to keep in mind that in ten years he wont remember 90% of these kids but it doesn't make it any easier for him.
I hope this young lady recovers.
Cruelty seems to be unleashed at the moment and the internet adds new levels of it. I am glad I grew up before it though I do recognize all the benefits it brings these kids as well.
Initech
(100,107 posts)Since the election I've seen tons of stories about kids using Trump's language and tone to bully other kids, and the school administration is baffled because they don't know how to handle this. Look at what they've unleashed on the world.
Egnever
(21,506 posts)I can't even begin to imagine what many minorities are going through in school right now behind this asshat in the white house.
Kids right now are being taught to hate by the fucking president of the united states. I think more than all of his certain to be revealed crimes that may be the thing that angers me the most.
clementine613
(561 posts)It's the environment that they created that allowed this to happen.
lpbk2713
(42,769 posts)Link: https://www.gofundme.com/4sgnu88
I hope they find the cowards responsible for taking a beautiful life.