from sfgate.com
Lady Gaga has unleashed a scathing attack on a group of Twitter users for mocking a bullied gay fan who took his life last year.
The phrase #GagasCareerDiedWithJamey became one of the most popular Twitter topics on Thursday as users made reference to tragic teen Jamey Rodemeyer, who allegedly took his life after years of bullying over his sexuality.
The “Bad Romance” hitmaker was outraged by the craze and took to her own Twitter page to defend Rodemeyer.
She writes, “Tweets about a 14 yr olds suicide in order to take a jab at me? Consider your integrity making fun at a dead child’s pain.
“Direct your insults (at) Lady Gaga, I can take it. Don’t bring in those who are not alive anymore to defend themselves. Be braver than that.”
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Wow. That’s an all time low, comparable to Fred Phelps and his crew picketing the funerals of soldiers and others they don’t like. I guess I should be shocked, but I’m really not. That’s an awful lot of hatred.
There is a real disconnect between bullies on social networking sites and their victims. It is a matter of utmost regret that many are themselves gay, seeking to hide this by attacking others in front of an audience. Who would ever suspect an overt homophobe of themselves being gay, so their reasoning goes. Given the anti-gay religious tyranny they experience at home and in religious schools, and fully justifiable fears of assault and disenfranchisement from their peers, they have every reason to fear their sexuality being discovered.
Lack of empathy after having caused a suicide is another, very different matter, and is a red light for serious sociopathic disorders. A huge effort must be made to track these delinquents down, as they present an unprecedented opportunity to research and address the problem.