Does "it get better" really?!!!

[marshlander]

I do appreciate EofE's point of view and what he has said has made me reappraise my own thinking, but I have had some uneasiness over aspects of this campaign since the outset. I am sure most people mean well, but some of the videos I've seen have been a bit stomach-churning and I had to stop watching them. I can fully understand LSD's comments and find myself in sympathy with a lot of what he says.

The worst videos seem to have come from people who are really in a position to do something useful, like challenge those who spread the hate, but have failed to do so. If preachers want us to feel we belong, they have a lot more work to do.

I have a nephew who is prone to writing stupid things on FaceBook about how miserable his life is. One of his so-called "friends" is equally prone to telling him his life is crap because he doesn't have Jesus in it. This all seems part of the same syndrome, where we offer support as long as our hands never get dirty. Maybe I'm just feeling guilty about all the campaigns I fail to engage with on a practical level or the people I keep at arm's length.

I have not yet seen one of those videos that would have given me hope during my suicidal periods, but I guess folks are doing what they can. At least we are talking about the whole issue.