Jacob Rogers, a Tennessee high school student who gave up going to school around Thanksgiving, took his own life yesterday after years of being bullied. He apparently left passwords so other people could see the kind of crap he faced. Watch the video here or read on:
Friends say that kids bullied Jacob Rogers at Cheatham County Central High School for the past four years, but in the past few months it had become so bad he dropped out of school.
And Wednesday, he ended his life.
“He started coming home his senior year saying ‘I don’t want to go back. Everyone is so mean. They call me a f****, they call me gay, a queer,’” friend Kaelynn Mooningham said.
Kaelynn said her friend Jacob felt ignored.
“Jacob told me no one was helping him. He constantly was going to guidance,” she said.
“…How many kids have to die before Cheatham does something,” she said.
Friends of Jacob’s family say they likely don’t have enough money to hold a funeral. Donations for a funeral are being accepted at Sandman’s Ink Shop, a local tattoo shop in Ashland City.
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I haven’t anything eloquent to add to the many moving discussions of these heartbreaking and completely preventable suicides that have followed years of vicious, ignorant attacks by homophobes. I just want to do my bit to make sure they don’t go unnoticed.
Bloody hell! How many more? A kid acts different from the mob mentality pack and is persecuted to death. Bullying leaves a bad taste in my mouth because I was bulled because I was ill all time and missed loads of schooling. I was called ugly, scruffy, smelly, useless etcetera. My Mum went to the headmistress and threatened her with legal action unless something was done. Even after that, it was made clear in snide passive aggressive ways from some of the staff that I had the problem and other kids had to keep away from me. And the bullying just got less overt, muttered words, rolled eyes, the occasion push in the corridor.
Luckily, I had unconditional love from my parents and grandparents and a very small number of friends who refused to join in the persecution and saw through the lies and accepted me for who I was.
I remember thinking, all right, this is rotten, but you’ll be home soon, and all will be all right.
Or another kid would ask me to play and what I was thinking of (kids love stories and I had a powerful imagination).
These adult Christians who are feeding young people with the lie it’s all right to pick on those who look homosexual because they are hated by god have a lot to answer for, but they can’t even acknowledge the harm they’re doing. Like all crusader they are 100% sure of their own righteousness and the blood on their hands and the bodies piling up would not sway them.
But if one of their Christian kids is politely disagreed with they would scream persecution and be all over the news and slap a lawsuit on the school.
Bloody hypocrites,thoughtless mindless idiots.
Joe My god reports a $5000 fundraising that they collected within within two hours after posting at various gay-activist websites.
Seriously, it’s past time that school administrators be held accountable. And, if the bullies and parents are known, make them accountable as well. How many more need to die before something is done?
Vale et RIP Jacob Rogers.
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