I think they’re stretching the definition. FTA re another kid:
“Eric Mohat was flamboyant and loud and preferred to wear pink most of the time. When he didn’t get the lead soprano part in the choir his freshman year, he was indignant, his mother says.
He wore a stuffed animal strapped to his arm, a lemur named Georges that was given its own seat in class”
Ok, so this kid killed himself because he was subsequently bullied? ‘Scuse me here, but wouldn’t the average kid try to supress this behavior in the face of bullying?
At some point, wasn’t he basically trolling for it?
So he got bulklied
I think that would qualify as leading with one’s chin, yes. But it’s very common for flamboyant homosexual men to do so, and then to be, first, belligerant, and when that doesn’t work, second, whiny bitches.
I have no sympathy for people who seek attention and then whine when they don’t get the kind of affirmative attention they expect. Perhaps I should, but I don’t.
Sounds like it.
We all conform to certain (minimal) conventions of normality in society, in order to get along and be accepted. But our betters have encouraged a generation to believe that it is society's obligation to accept no boundaries in individual behavior.
I'm not suggesting this kid was exhibiting behavior of such extremity that he deserved his fate. Not at all. But it's pretty likely he is of those raised to believe that societal norms (major or minor) did not apply him. Pretty much a whole generation has be taught that.
This doesn't teach children how to deal with things in life that don't work they way they'd like. How does one teach a person coping skills in life when they believe that nothing they do should be considered inappropriate?
A little common sense. Everyone picks their nose and scratches their butt at some time. But most of us know how others would react if we stood on our chair and did it in front of everyone.