Dare to Engage

We live in a world where people make stupid decisions every day without thinking of the consequences of their actions. Tuesdays dare to engage breakout session focused on the Tyler Clementie case. As everyone knows he was a college student who was videotaped with another guy by his roommates. The roommates then posted this video online. The shame that Tyler felt for his sexual preference made him commit suicide. The breakout session focused on the affects media had on the privacy of people, mainly the gay and lesbian community. We discussed the dangers of cyber-bullying through social networking websites. It stressed that we should accept other peoples differences because there is nothing wrong with them. I can relate to this because I had a very close friend who was gay and was blackmailed by other students who did not accept his personal life choices. It was a difficult thing for him to get through and for me as a friend to see him suffer, no one should have to deal with those types of ignorant people who can’t accept someone who doesn’t fit into their idea of what is the norm and what it acceptable.