Bullying. #StandUpDontStandBy(Blog Post 11)

Observation: Most recently, I came across Bullying video and made me think about how bullying has been something that I have seen more in the news recently  and the needs for it to be addressed has grown more than I have ever seen before.

Dolphins Bullying Case
Shea Shawhan -- bully victim from Plano Texas. -- Led to a movement called ImWithShea
Sarah, a teen with Neurofibromatosis shows her strength through times of adversity
A News Anchors Replies Perfectly to her Bully
^ hope you enjoy all these recent articles that shed an ounce of the justice deserved against bullying.

I came across the story about Shea Shawhan earlier this year in September when it was a story that was developing into a headline and a facebook group. I was so irritated that this was happening to this innocent girl, but even more ashamed that it was coming from a nearby school, Plano West.

As I write about it now, it is awesome to see that an arrest has been made to the other party that has been doing this cyberbullying since Feburary. I really reccomend that you all check out the story and its related articles. Someone was sending texts and using an app on a smart phone that would send hundred to thousands of text messages to Shea's phone with hurtful words. Texts to Shawhan were sent as far back as February. They included messages such as “kill urself”; telling the Plano West girl to have one of her “seizures and die”; references to rape; calling her a slut and making fun of her having special needs, according to screenshots of the texts Shawhan’s mother posted on Facebook. 

When you tell someone something a couple thousand times, they might start believing it. Its unfortunate to see the effects and results that happens when bullying happens to someone. Its even more disappointing to see that it happens with adults (news anchor and even in the NFL). We must be a society that condones acts of bullying, discrimination, and hate and swiftly fight back. It doesn't take fists or more mean words to end something like bullying, but dialogues, conversations, and allies to create these changes we hope to see. 

Check out this anti-bullying short story!