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Are You Stupid? Then You Blame “Emo” For Suicide
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Because it couldn’t be anything like clinical depression or untreated mental illness… it must be music or a scene….
Here’s the thing. A 13-year-old girl told her parents she was going to kill herself, and then she did. She hung herself, and died. Her mother insists she was a “normal girl” [because that’s what normal girls do] and the person investigating the suicide said he found”elements of the emo movement very disturbing.”
So how did they determine this girl was “emo”?
-She liked My Chemical Romance. Yeah, her and millions of other people.
-She talked about The Black Parade a lot. Again, her and millions of other people who bought the album.
The worst thing the coroner investigating could find was someone writing, “I hope you like the black parade” in a tribute book. Gasp. Horror. Someone evoked music to express an emotion? It must be evil!
For some reason, the original article opened with this:
A teenage girl committed suicide because she thought the act would impress fans of emo music, an inquest has been told.
Accepting that it’s been a few years since I took a journalism class, I still have to ask: shouldn’t you have to support that with something more than “she told her parents she was going to kill herself and then she did. And she really liked My Chemical Romance”? I’m pretty sure that’s the case. Ultimately, this article fails on so many levels, it hurts my head.
The worst thing is, they always pick one particular thing that it’s popular to turn into a villain when they cover stories like this. Nobody ever says, “she ate Pop Tarts… she clearly wanted to die” or “She washed her hair with Herbal Essences, a clear sign of suicide.” I’m sure anyone reading this would say, “but that’s absurd!” My point exactly. If My Chemical Romance fans were all suicidal and/or killing themselves, the band would have a slightly more difficult time selling out arenas, wouldn’t they?
I’m not denying she liked the band. Clearly, she did. But it’s one facet of a multi-faceted person who obviously had more issues than anyone wanted to believe she did. Bands don’t kill people, or make them kill themselves. Not even Dethkok on “Metalocalypse” has those powers….
It’s tragic that a 13-year-old killed herself, but I’d be quicker to put the blame — if blame should even be assigned — on people who missed the signs that something was terribly wrong, rather than on a band.
By the way, the article went on to point out other bands “associated” with emo:
-Taking Back Sunday
-Fall Out Boy
-Panic At The Disco
-Paramore
*sigh* Shoddy journalism, no real story, and then a list of bands who had nothing to do with the original story being attached to it somehow. Welcome to the Internet, where this passes for news coverage. Articles like the original are exactly why I opted out of journalism and went for a major in fiction and screenwriting.
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good lord journalism’s paranoia never fails to amaze me
Ugh that is so stupid!
this is as stupid as when schoolyard heroes got called a satanic cult.
and you know what?
whenever people talk about the evilness of emo and my chem, they never seem to listen to “welcome to the black parade”, which clearly states “your misery and hate will kill us all”. i interpret that as misery and hate being a bad thing.
It’s not exactly an “internet” article. It was in the Daily Mail too
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/pages/live/articles/news/news.html?in_article_id=564611&in_page_id=1770
Best quote in that article?
“The Black Parade is a nickname for the place where Emo fans believe they will go when they die.”
HAHAHA
I blame the parents. Not because the kid killed herself but because they are so desperate to not look like they made a mistake and didn’t recognize a problem with they’re child and get her help. They just want to put the blame as far away from themselves as possible.
Lost December:
They also tend to leave out the entirety of “Famous Last Words,” which is a song many people cite when talking about how much the band helped them.
It’s the same thing they did with metal in the 1980s. People don’t want to say “wow, some people are fucked up… and bad things happen…” so they say “oh my god! Big bad evil [insert type of] music!”
God: Ugh. I was looking at that source… but who the hell came up with the idea that you go to the Black Parade? How do people get that out of touch and plain stupid?
This kid seemed pretty fucking stupid. To be honest, they probably got it from something she said and/or wrote
Yes I believe that I will go to The Black Parade when I die, I shall stand with Frank and the boys and sing “Mama” over and over
Oh yeah, well, of course, that’s what all the band’s fans believe. Though I think I’ll be singing “Helena,” because I like that song better than “Mama” and was singing it this morning. ^_^
[Some idiot will probably find this site and think we’re being serious, that’s the worst part.]
“Helena”, “Im not okay”,”Cancer”, its all good. as long as I get to go to the black parade, I can see it now our hands joined standing in a circle, in the middle of the circle there will be a pentagram made with the blood of our virgin sacrifices
There’s a poll at the end of the retarded article.
92 Percent said emo was great
8 percent said it was bad because it encourages violence (bullshit!)
Glad to see that most people are in their right minds.
“The Black Parade is a nickname for the place where Emo fans believe they will go when they die.”
Well I certainly hope so! It’ll be rad and, best of all, we’ll be in black and white JUST LIKE ON TV!
Yeah. We’ll all be moshing to the music, lighting fires (me), and having a grand ol’time.
I, will personally be singing Famous Last Words. xD
Can I help with the fire building?
Sure, why not? Remember to bring the kerosene and razorblades. xD
After all, according to this article, we mustn’t forget the razorblades. LOL
Yeah, it’s our “emo intiation”
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Im with Lin. The parents prolly did notice and now they dont want to be blamed for it so they say it was beacuse she was Emo….
Does anyone know when she did this? I tried looking but its not on either page..
Why ? I don’t consider MCR even EMO.
especially the Black Parade.
That was powerpop emotive fuck, seriously.
One more, the media has found a way to bash something they don’t understand.
I bet the teachers at my school will read this and put me on a suicide watch. xD
Hey, it could happen. The principal already told my parents to watch me for cutting because I’m emo. xD
The parents gasped in fear when they saw the picture of Ryan Ross. Now, you don’t want your kids being exposed to THAT. We couldn’t have that, now could we?
Ahhh its Ryan Ross, he will eat your childs soul!
We should all write to them. That’s what I’m doing.
I found this stupid, people has to stop with this…. *sigh*
that is an absolutely pathetic report. There is absolutely NO evidence to support the claims and the thing is why didn’t the reporter contact My Chem and see what they thought or maybe even had listening to one of their songs…geeze…I can see how she or he isn’t employed by a proper newspaper or magazine. >.<
I’d like to think that the reporter was happily listening to I’m Not Okay at their desk as they wrote this article. C=