Reply #1: I've been saying exactly this for a long time

[FirstTimeVoterAt37]

Let me tell you, when you wake up every morning terrified to go to school because you know - not think, KNOW - that you will be physically abused, it's not bullying.

It's torture. It. Is. Fucking. Torture. This is not hyperbole, you literally feel that you are being tortured, and every day that goes by, you trust EVERY SINGLE PERSON AROUND YOU LESS FOR NOT PUTTING A STOP TO IT. You start by giving up on other children, then teachers, then your parents, and then the rest of the world.

A tortured child does not appreciate first amendment debates. He wants it to fucking stop so he can TRY to not live in mortal terror and physical agony every goddamn day of his life.

I refuse to go into details, but I will say this: I know this to be true because I tried to kill myself at age 13. I came very VERY close to succeeding too.