Sadly I’m not reviewing a movie at all today I’m here writing about something that has been floating around the internet as off last week and the week before, as you are aware the controversy surrounding a boy in Texas has many people questioning if this is an actual kid who made a video because he was getting bullied by kids in his school or was it something racially motivated… yeah it’s that kind of story… this is the story of Keaton Jones.
Keaton posted a video online earlier this month crying his eyes out saying that the kids in his school are bullying him, so after the video went viral thousands upon thousands of celebrities gave support to this kid even Captain America’s Chris Evans came out and offered Keaton tickets to The Avengers Infinity War premier next year… then after a week of support things started coming to light i.e. Keaton’s mum’s Facebook posts, her children posing with the Confederate flag, which to people who don’t know this but most people believe it to be a sign of racism and slavery back in the day. When this came out everybody and I mean everybody on Facebook and Twitter voiced their outcry at this, a celebrity came out and posted a picture of a conversation between him and Keaton’s mum stating that she only wants money nothing else, alarm bells started ringing when this came out, and thousands of people turned on Keaton, calling him racist, calling him really awful names, and comparing him to sloth from the goonies.
Why am I writing about this your wondering because these are rumours people need to stop jumping on the bandwagon, his sister has come out and denied the allegations about the racism but people are quick to judge because of just one picture they saw on the internet, the mum has come out and publicly apologised stating that she and her children are not racists. But people still don’t believe him and his mum, and I think it’s horrible, to believe rumours spread by other people and jumping on the bandwagon. I am writing this because I hate bullies and I hate bullying of any shape or form, as someone who has been bullied before it’s not nice hearing stuff like this, I also read another thing, this from a YouTube video I watched recently titled boy had fidget spinner removed from finger… I clicked on it and he comments I saw were horrific, one user saying I hope he gets cancer because he owns a fidget spinner. Another said that he looked ugly and deserved to die, and this comment… this comment made me angry to the point I replied to the user and let rip at what he said.
What did he say I hear you cry, he said “mine craft top fidget spinner and long hair classic autistic child”… I have autism… and to hear people say that is heartbreaking, it got worse “if I had autism I would kill myself” “autistic kids deserve to die” “Fuck kids with autism they should all die”… that’s heartbreaking to read, as someone who has autism to hear someone say that is heartbreaking, it’s sad, and down right disrespectful, as I said in my Wonder review choose kind, and I have chosen kind and to hear to people say these things is hard to read, as I said before I hate bullies I hate bullying in any shape or form, verbal, physical, mental, and emotional bullying I hate it, and I urge people to speak up and tell people if they are being bullied if they see anyone being bullied tell someone, and if you are being bullied there are so many helplines and centres to go to and get help.
Let’s put an end to bullying, let’s end bullying once and for all, the world would be a much happier place if people stopped bullying each other and just got along, any way guys my apologies for making this post so depressing I just want to get a message out there to people who are getting bullied, just a few weeks ago a 10 year old girl committed suicide… 10! 10 years old and she killed herself just 10 years old and her life was cut short by bullies so please if you see anyone or know anyone who is getting bullied tell someone, tell a teacher or your parents. Anyway guys until next time catch ya later