# Jamey Rodemeyer - Bullying/Suicide **URL:** \ **Category:** NYSpeed Off Topic\ **Created:** [September 23, 2011, 5:29am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/jamey-rodemeyer-bullying-suicide/216823 "2011-09-23T05:29:06Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 8
**Author:** ![klug](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/klug/32/5222_2.png) [@klug](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/klug)\ **Post date:** [September 26, 2011, 1:19pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/jamey-rodemeyer-bullying-suicide/216823/141 "2011-09-26T13:19:20Z")
> [@FadetoBlack](#): > > News to me. ---
**Author:** ![FadetoBlack](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/fadetoblack/32/6118_2.png) [@FadetoBlack](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/FadetoBlack)\ **Post date:** [September 26, 2011, 1:52pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/jamey-rodemeyer-bullying-suicide/216823/142 "2011-09-26T13:52:22Z")
Lol guys. Now I have no fucking idea what’s going on in this thread. ---
**Author:** ![RedGoober4Life](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/redgoober4life/32/7610_2.png) [@RedGoober4Life](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/RedGoober4Life)\ **Post date:** [September 26, 2011, 4:44pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/jamey-rodemeyer-bullying-suicide/216823/143 "2011-09-26T16:44:22Z")
> [@Carnut](#): > > Corey, > > I agree with what you said here. I wasn’t trying to insinuate that being bullied was the catalyst to everyone’s coming of age. I think the main point I was trying to get at was the bullying sucks in all forms. The bummer thing about it is that it’s part of human nature and it’s going to happen. If you re-read it, maybe I didn’t convey it properly, I said that bullying shapes people for years and years well into adult hood, if they have made it to adult hood. > > My honest opinion on the matter is yes, if you can make it through the time of being a teenager, encountering all that there is through adolescents including bullying with the help of good family and friends then you might be able to reach that time when “it gets better”… and the secret here is that it gets better for all people not just gay people. While being bullied for being gay is really no different for being bullied or lynched if you were black or beat up for being muslim in NYC after 9/11 etc. It’s not something you can turn off or change, it just is, so again the main point was the bullying in all forms sucks, no matter who or what you are. It sucks. > > ps. I understand and agree with what you were saying about being gay and not knowing if you could even turn to your family. I wasn’t trying to speak to that, just the broader scope of bullying in general thanks for adding to the discussion with your personal experience. Hm. Maybe then it isn’t the bullying that’s the issue, but the thought that kids can just txt (or some other useless activity) their way to bliss? Social media isn’t going to go away, but it doesn’t have to be a person’s entire life. ---
**Author:** ![Carnut](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/carnut/32/7590_2.png) [@Carnut](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Carnut)\ **Post date:** [September 26, 2011, 6:54pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/jamey-rodemeyer-bullying-suicide/216823/144 "2011-09-26T18:54:18Z")
> [@RedGoober4Life](#): > > Hm. Maybe then it isn’t the bullying that’s the issue, but the thought that kids can just txt (or some other useless activity) their way to bliss? Social media isn’t going to go away, but it doesn’t have to be a person’s entire life. Right on. ---
**Author:** ![Shockwave179](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/shockwave179/32/7496_2.png) [@Shockwave179](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Shockwave179)\ **Post date:** [September 26, 2011, 7:44pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/jamey-rodemeyer-bullying-suicide/216823/145 "2011-09-26T19:44:13Z")
> [@Bakes](#): > > Not true and not gay. > [Care2 is the world's largest social network for good, a community of over 40 million people standing together, starting petitions and sharing stories that inspire action.](http://www.care2.com/causes/the-real-mean-girls-15-year-old-girl-commits-suicide-after-intense-bullying.html) I’ve never heard of this particular story, does that tell you something? ---
**Author:** ![superfan99](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/96bed5/32.png) [@superfan99](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/superfan99)\ **Post date:** [September 27, 2011, 7:14am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/jamey-rodemeyer-bullying-suicide/216823/146 "2011-09-27T07:14:13Z")
> [@Shockwave179](#): > > I’ve never heard of this particular story, does that tell you something? That you don’t pay attention to the news? ---
**Author:** ![Shockwave179](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/shockwave179/32/7496_2.png) [@Shockwave179](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Shockwave179)\ **Post date:** [September 27, 2011, 7:40am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/jamey-rodemeyer-bullying-suicide/216823/147 "2011-09-27T07:40:12Z")
> [@superfan99](#): > > That you don’t pay attention to the news? Negative. I follow the news pretty thoroughly most of the time. ---
**Author:** ![superfan99](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/96bed5/32.png) [@superfan99](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/superfan99)\ **Post date:** [September 27, 2011, 10:54am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/jamey-rodemeyer-bullying-suicide/216823/148 "2011-09-27T10:54:03Z")
Saw this elsewhere and thought I’d post it. If it’s true, I think this goes pretty far above just typical teasing/bullying. The parents of 14-year-old Jamey Rodemeyer, who was found dead at their home on Sept. 18, indicated in an exclusive interview with TODAY’s Ann Curry on Tuesday that their daughter endured further taunts at a school function immediately after Jamey’s wake. At a homecoming dance she attended shortly after her brother’s death, a potentially poignant moment turned ugly after a song by Lady Gaga, Jamey’s favorite artist, who recently dedicated a song at a concert in his memory. “She was having a great time, and all of a sudden a Lady Gaga song came on, and they all started chanting for Jamey, all of his friends,’’ Jamey’s mother, Tracy, told Curry. **“Then the bullies that put him into this situation started chanting, ‘You’re better off dead!’ and ‘We’re glad you’re dead!’ and things like that.** [http://today.msnbc.msn.com/id/44684938/ns/today-today\_people/#.ToIIUewwAcY](http://today.msnbc.msn.com/id/44684938/ns/today-today_people/#.ToIIUewwAcY) ---
**Author:** ![FadetoBlack](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/fadetoblack/32/6118_2.png) [@FadetoBlack](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/FadetoBlack)\ **Post date:** [September 27, 2011, 11:01am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/jamey-rodemeyer-bullying-suicide/216823/149 "2011-09-27T11:01:55Z")
My message to the media: Ok, I’m sorry about what happened to this kid. But enough is enough, can we move on already? Jesus Christ. ---
**Author:** ![Blue\_Eyed\_Devil](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/blue_eyed_devil/32/7292_2.png) [@Blue\_Eyed\_Devil](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Blue_Eyed_Devil)\ **Post date:** [September 27, 2011, 11:18am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/jamey-rodemeyer-bullying-suicide/216823/150 "2011-09-27T11:18:06Z")
I am not going to read 149 posts but if no one posted this you should be ashamed of yourselves… [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7SSWhEuWaRc&feature=related](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7SSWhEuWaRc&feature=related) 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Motocrossx23](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/motocrossx23/32/5120_2.png) [@Motocrossx23](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Motocrossx23)\ **Post date:** [September 27, 2011, 11:18am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/jamey-rodemeyer-bullying-suicide/216823/151 "2011-09-27T11:18:15Z")
Maybe the family just sucks? Darwin missed a generation or two. ---
**Author:** ![91MR2](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/91mr2/32/7217_2.png) [@91MR2](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/91MR2)\ **Post date:** [September 27, 2011, 11:20am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/jamey-rodemeyer-bullying-suicide/216823/152 "2011-09-27T11:20:01Z")
Being bullied after death…do they fucking read these titles before they put them out…jesus fucking christ… ---
**Author:** ![boardjnky4](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/96bed5/32.png) [@boardjnky4](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/boardjnky4)\ **Post date:** [September 27, 2011, 11:37am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/jamey-rodemeyer-bullying-suicide/216823/153 "2011-09-27T11:37:07Z")
Idunno, that’s pretty fucked up that some kids can’t realize that their words are so harmful, and that they continue after a life was taken. Not sure there is much that we can do though…freedom of speech. ---
**Author:** ![dawn](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/dawn/32/7209_2.png) [@dawn](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/dawn)\ **Post date:** [September 27, 2011, 12:08pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/jamey-rodemeyer-bullying-suicide/216823/154 "2011-09-27T12:08:10Z")
His sister being harassed after the fact is disgusting and pathetic. ---
**Author:** ![97FormulaWS-6](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/97formulaws-6/32/7384_2.png) [@97FormulaWS-6](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/97FormulaWS-6)\ **Post date:** [September 27, 2011, 12:09pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/jamey-rodemeyer-bullying-suicide/216823/155 "2011-09-27T12:09:53Z")
For the crap these kids are doing to his family/sister… I think they should parade them all down to the morgue to see death, then jail, let them spend 24 hours in the holding center… ---
**Author:** ![38stang](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/38stang/32/7479_2.png) [@38stang](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/38stang)\ **Post date:** [September 27, 2011, 12:19pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/jamey-rodemeyer-bullying-suicide/216823/156 "2011-09-27T12:19:03Z")
Why didn’t the parents change schools for the kid before he killed him self if it was this bad and the school wasn’t policing the issue? Seems like it would have helped to remove him from the school to a different one. ---
**Author:** ![TradersBASE](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/tradersbase/32/5321_2.png) [@TradersBASE](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/TradersBASE)\ **Post date:** [September 27, 2011, 1:09pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/jamey-rodemeyer-bullying-suicide/216823/157 "2011-09-27T13:09:06Z")
> [@38stang](#): > > Why didn’t the parents change schools for the kid before he killed him self if it was this bad and the school wasn’t policing the issue? Seems like it would have helped to remove him from the school to a different one. I stated something similar before. That a parents job is to protect their kid at any cost…even if it means re-locating. Sadly I think this was a personality issue and the problem would have followed the kid. I’m surely not condoning extreme bullying and I think the recent posts of the sister being tortured are disgusting. That said, there are some people that for whatever reason are targets no matter where they are. Maybe it’s a brain chemistry thing…but I suspect it’s a parenting issue at the core. When I was in middle school a friends brother died in an ATV accident. His wallet was stolen and he was left, possibly alive and dying (nobody knows except the thief). Anyhow…my friend was picked on and many kids made asshole remarks about his dead brother, stolen wallet etc… My friend didn’t kill himself despite the pain I’m sure he was feeling. I think it comes down to internal fortitude and parenting. ---
**Author:** ![gt08vapor](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/22d042/32.png) [@gt08vapor](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/gt08vapor)\ **Post date:** [September 27, 2011, 1:25pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/jamey-rodemeyer-bullying-suicide/216823/158 "2011-09-27T13:25:39Z")
This shit is being way over played. A us soldier gets Kia and will get 15 seconds on the news. If they are wounded, now one will most likley know. This kid killed himself and has been on the news for over a week. He was week minded, his parents did not do everything they needed to help. The school dropped the ball. There is way bigger topics we need to be dealing with in this country. Kids will be kids. It was was his own fault that he died. No one hung him, He did it all by hiself. You will not be able to make laws against bullying. This is typical America. It is everyone elses fault for what happend. Yes, things could have been done to prevent this. But they were not. ---
**Author:** ![ItsOver](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/itsover/32/5431_2.png) [@ItsOver](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/ItsOver)\ **Post date:** [September 27, 2011, 2:05pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/jamey-rodemeyer-bullying-suicide/216823/159 "2011-09-27T14:05:53Z")
The news reporters should follow in his footsteps. It would be a better world. ---
**Author:** ![livin4hockey](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/d2c977/32.png) [@livin4hockey](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/livin4hockey)\ **Post date:** [September 27, 2011, 2:52pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/jamey-rodemeyer-bullying-suicide/216823/160 "2011-09-27T14:52:28Z")
> [@38stang](#): > > Why didn’t the parents change schools for the kid before he killed him self if it was this bad and the school wasn’t policing the issue? Seems like it would have helped to remove him from the school to a different one. This then opens up the question of should they even _have_ to change districts/schools. Why should they be inconvenienced by someone else’s wrongdoing? [Previous page](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/jamey-rodemeyer-bullying-suicide/216823.md?page=7) [Next page](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/jamey-rodemeyer-bullying-suicide/216823.md?page=9)