As I’ve mentioned before, bullies and bullying annoy me very much. Often we hear of a story that one individual bullied another individual and how the victim ended up taking their own life, or taking other’s lives. But rarely do we hear the victim’s cry for help.
The young man in the video link below spoke out about his struggle with bullies. He tells his story on a series of notecards and you see him get very choked up about it. Here is the link but just a warning, it’s a tear jerker.
After this video was posted, he received a lot of attention. Perez Hilton posted it on his blog and it just went on from there. Nick Jonas and Lady Gaga tweeted about him and how amazing he was. It even jumpstarted Lady Gaga to go to the White House and speak with the president about an anti-bullying program.
Soon after, Jonah was interviewed on Good Morning America. He gives his side of the story and his family is there to support him. His mom was very choked up when asked what her reaction was after seeing the video.
Jonah said that the bullies did apologize after the video went out and have been nicer to him at school.
But what about the kids that don’t get their voices heard? Bullies need to re-evaluate what they’re doing to innocent lives, like the life of Jonah Mowry.
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