#BoycottUnfriended Take 2

I’m sure most of you have seen my posts about Unfriended, about how disgusting I feel it is. Different strokes for different folks I guess. However, I don’t feel like a story based around someone who is cyber bullied and then takes their own life is entertainment. Since it’s opening in April the movie has made about 29,973,000.00. If they donated just 10%, TEN PERCENT! They could donate $299,730.00 to AFSP. The difference that would make is huge! It would provide financing for almost 600 support groups. It would help distribute educational material at almost 6,000 colleges. We could place the “More than Sad” program at close to 3,000 high schools! With a donation of only ten percent of the total sales, to date, $239,784.00 would go DIRECTLY to prevention. I understand not everyone understand my view on this. Not everyone has lost someone to suicide. Even more so, not everyone has lost someone to suicide after being cyber bullied. It’s something I wouldn’t wish on anyone. Not only am I Left with the haunting pain of my brother’s death. I am also left with the immense hatred and frustration towards the one who bullied him. It’s something I’ve worked on now for almost 4 years, I haven’t let go of it yet. Hopefully one day I will be able to.

Help spread this blog; help the word get to the right people. Maybe we can sway the people involved in this production to donate and help fight for the world without suicide. Together we can change the world. Also, if you absolutely feel the need to watch a movie/video of someone who has taken their lives after cyberbullying see the links below.

 

Rest in peace Anthony Nicholas Beaman

 

https://youtu.be/nTndM0IXMoI

https://youtu.be/BKvXPM-EVDQ

https://youtu.be/MFKoMvT6xOg

https://youtu.be/Oxf6nKZRhz4

https://youtu.be/SZJvDhaSDnc

https://youtu.be/0xk4v89z1KI

https://youtu.be/uXNI55yv5f4

 

#BoycottUnfriended

If you've known me more than 12 minutes then you know..... My brother died from suicide..... Do you know why? Have you heard that story? Well, to shorten it he was bullied. Mercilessly, by a woman who he loved. By a girl, with so much hatred in her soul, that she sometimes says she is glad for the pain she caused my brother. 

Please don't get me wrong, she IS NOT the reason he took his life. There are so many more issues we can discuss. It's so much more complex than that. However, cyber bullying was the straw that broke the camel's back. The cyber bullying was what was the final push. This type of death is often referred to a bullycide. Fast forward to today.... I come across a movie trailer, looks interesting. It's called "unfriended". Well, a few seconds into it I'm intrigued. It talks about how all our memories are saved online forever, then it goes on to say so are our mistakes.......  Ok, you've got me, I'm interested. Then it shows a video of a girl drunk and just being the stupid person we've all been. Fast forward 5-10 seconds.... It shows her, yes SHOWS HER, shoot herself in the head. So I'm thinking, ok so it's a bullycide awareness type film, right? Well that's good we need awareness..... The video continues.... The kids are all on Skype chat... And a "glitch" pops up and well, basically it's the anniversary of her death and she's back to seek revenge? Vengeance? Just pissed??? I'm not sure, but it literally made me sick to my stomach. It brought me to tears and PISSED ME THE EFF OFF!!!!! How is it our society has become so freaking numb to the pain of others that bullying/suicide/bullycide has now become something we can mock?!?! Don't you dare tell me they aren't mocking it either. They used a tragic AND TRUE story to create a fictional horror film!!!! Did Lauren exist? Was a video uploaded of her crazy night?? Probably not. However, Tony exists. Well, he did. A fake profile went and commented ON EVERY SINGLE PICTURE OF HIS FACEBOOK very awful and untrue things about his character and background. Amanda Todd existed. Amanda's video was real. Amanda's death was real. I am disgustingly infuriated by this mockery of a subject, no of a DISEASE that is taking the country, and the world in an epidemic of tragedy!! Please join me in fighting this, we need to make #BoycottUnfriended a trending hashtag. We need to let Hollywood know, THIS IS NOT OKAY!!!