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Please, for the love of god, even if you absolutely LOATHE glee, watch this video. Please. Please. 

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So utterly heartbreaking.

can i just have this on my blog again for reasons.

This was intense. I usually only watch Glee because my friends watch it but I paid a little more attention this episode. This song was so sad and I could just feel the desperation and hopelessness in it.

Some said that it was ridiculous that Glee did this and that they couldn’t stand how Dave couldn’t handle one day of bullying. I don’t think they understand what he was feeling or what really happened. Karofsky had spent the majority of his high school life, perhaps even before that, with feelings of being gay. However he must of had a lot of fear because he was surrounded by homophobia. His peers were very much homophobic. 

It only makes sense that he internalized that homophobia - accepting that he couldn’t be that way - that people who were homosexual were something to be despised. He caved to peer pressure and bullied others to fit in and to feel normal. No one was telling him otherwise. Maybe that’s why he first became attracted to Kurt? - because he wished he could have the same confidence as Kurt.

In no way am I excusing his bullying but I think it’s ridiculous to say he was weak for “only having experienced bullying for a day” while he bullied kids most of his life. I think it’s because people focus too much on the single event, his locker being painted “fag.” This was not just a single act of bullying but Karofsky’s worse fear. He had spent the majority of his life trying to hide it by bullying others. He hated himself that much. The worry he felt must have been overwhelming knowing this news would be all over the internet. Fearing people would hate him, people would judge him, people would bully him just like he bullied others - the guilt of that must have consumed him as well. Knowing he had contributed to a world that despises people like him.     

Bullying is really a very complex issue. I was bullied. I know how it feels. I also know how it feels to be a bully. To lash out at people because the world had lashed out at me. People are so vicious. In some aspects I can understand that people wouldn’t sympathize with Karofsky at all - after all many people have been scarred deeply by bullies. However, I think it’s important to show some compassion and try - just try - to understand what that bully is going through in that moment that their world falls apart. A lot of these bullies have no support whatsoever. Despite them spending a good part of their life alienating people, they still deserve help and support. After all there are some serious implications to the existence of bullying and bullies to begin with.