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Bullied Teen Nominated for Homecoming Court as Hurtful Prank Becomes Unexpected ‘Hero’

Sep. 26, 2012 6:51pm Erica Ritz

Town Rallies Bullied Whitney Kropp After Michigan School Nominates Her for Homecoming as a Prank

(Photo: NBC News)

Everybody knows how cruel teenagers can be, whether you’re now cautioning your children against such behavior, or were not long ago in the thick of it.

But at Ogemaw Heights High School in West Branch, Michigan, a 16-year-old girl has become an unlikely inspiration after she became the victim of an elaborate school prank at her expense, and came out on top.

Forbes contributor Bob Cook explains:

The story of Whitney Kropp’s unexpected appointment to the [homecoming court] has become a fantasy for every outsider, every nerd, every bully victim, everyone who’s ever felt out of place as a teenager, about getting the upper hand after you’ve been slapped with it.

Whitney, a 16-year-old sophomore, was surprised she made the court, given that, as she told the Detroit News, she was either scorned or ignored by her classmates for what the newspaper described as her free spirit, her black outfits and her odd hair colors, apparently not common in her town of 2,100…

As it turned out, the idea to put her on the court was a joke, one she was filled in on after her ascension, and after the boy to be paired with her turned in his own crown so he wouldn’t be seen with her. She was devastated. Lacking the telekinetic powers of Stephen King’s Carrie, Whitney, rather than seek revenge, was merely going to stay home from homecoming. [Emphasis added]

The Associated Press narrates what happened next:

Kropp told NBC the joke was particularly painful since she has been bullied for years, but thought she was past the worst of it.

“One year some kids decided to be funny, [decided] to kick me in my shins with steel-toed boots because I was different,” she said, seemingly wincing at the memory. “I felt like I wasn’t worthy…Why be a part of this community, this world, if I’m just going to be tossed around like a piece of trash?”

Rather sit idly by, members of Kropp’s community volunteered to make the teen look her best on homecoming night, and even pack the stands so she would not feel alone.

A 68-year-old grandmother offered to be her escort, but apparently the boy who once seemed ashamed to be seen with Kropp has changed his mind (he also denies those were his motivations).

Kropp shows off her homecoming dress for the camera. (Photo: MyFoxDetroit)

After her story appeared in the local newspaper and a Facebook page dedicated to her cause garnered twice as many likes as there are people in the town, Forbes relates, the event really kicked off.

“We want to make this the best homecoming ever,” 58-year-old Rebecka Vigus told the Detroit News while waiting for the event to start. She and countless others were apparently holding signs saying “Team Whitney.”

Forbes, in an article deeming Kropp an “American hero,” concludes:

Whitney Kropp is getting the kind of high school revenge it usually takes 20 years of education, hard work and ladder-climbing to achieve, just so you can show everybody up at the class reunion. Hopefully, the Cinderella story doesn’t end at midnight after the game, with Whitney going back to being the school outcast once the stadium lights dim and the media coverage fades.

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Carol1955
Posted on September 27, 2012 at 7:47am
I’m glad the girl found support, it is unfortunate that it appears to mostly be from the townspeople, not fellow students. However, it is wrong to throw around the concept of “hero” as this story has. Too many people don’t know what is really heroic. The girl wasn’t going to attend, decided to after some people came out to support her, nice but not heroic.

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- stumpy68
  Posted on September 27, 2012 at 9:40am
  She is one of those girls who unfortunately is going to blossom in college
  
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- BlazingPatriot
  Posted on September 27, 2012 at 11:35am
  Here is a more detailed article, first printed 9-24 in the Detroit News:
  
  http://www.detroitnews.com/article/20120924/METRO/209240341
  
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bald stick
Posted on September 27, 2012 at 7:10am
Huh????

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KyleD
Posted on September 27, 2012 at 3:43am
Why is this national news?

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- hillbillyinny
  Posted on September 27, 2012 at 6:20am
  Why not?!
  
  Sometimes “feel good” news is needed to balance the INHUMANITY of “stupid people” in the world. It’s a sad but bittersweet story. A turn of events that every student in this school and the members of the community will carry throughout their life.
  
  Maybe even you will realized that all of the things that are happening in this world are caused by humanity’s self-centeredness and grab for power and control. It’s easy to “bully” the little and unexpecting ones–that’s what some world leaders are doing today. And it’s even possible with the right “bullying” to bring down the strong.
  
  But that’s not what HUMANITY is supposed to be about–In the Garden of Eden we were given EVERYTHING. But our GREED led us to take things into our own hands, do what we wanted to do (devil be damned!), and march forward into a history that is still the same story.
  
  Gotta love a little practical teaching. . .
  
  God bless this young lady, and may she stay as untarnished in spirit as she appears at this time.
  
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- Ibanez6
  Posted on September 27, 2012 at 6:44am
  Pardon me for being rude, but would you just shut the hell up. It’s Glenns news site NOT yours. There are plenty of stories on here that cover important national and cultural events. If you can’t handle a few feel good stories now and then why don’t you just go to the Michael Savage page; I’m sure you and your anger will be satisfied there. Jerk.
  
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- TEXASGRANNY73
  Posted on September 27, 2012 at 9:43am
  Its similarity to the national “story” of Israel and Iran. On a local level really points out “with friends like that who needs enemies.” Victims bullies friends and character assassination.
  
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- Misty Williams
  Posted on September 27, 2012 at 10:25am
  It’s national news because the bullying and teasing that kids have to deal with today seem to have reached a new low, and this girl is making efforts to conquer it. It’s news because so many kids are giving up and killing themselves over bullying, but she isn’t. It’s news because it points out the terrible things that are going on inside the public schools that our tax dollars pay for, where there is a rampant “Lord of the Flies” mentality among the students and the faculty is either so swamped or so indifferent or frankly so out numbered by the students so nothing can be done to stop it all. It’s national news because a local community, not the government is working to solve a local problem.
  
  Perhaps most importantly, It is national news because her community is standing up behind her and telling all the other kids in the community that bullying and nasty pranks are not acceptable. It’s telling the kids in that community, and hopefully others, that they should be ashamed of ostracizing and mistreating others, simply because others look different, or because “everyone always has”.
  
  Just a few reasons it is national news.
  
  Its a shame that the phrases “Shame on you!” or “You should feel ashamed!” have been PC’d out of our parenting/teaching vocabulary.
  
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Rowgue
Posted on September 27, 2012 at 3:26am
Honestly I thought there would be a little more to the story the way it was built up in the opening.

It’s nice that a couple of local businesses decided to help her look her best and some people showed up to the game with signs to support her. But the way it was built up I was expecting a story about how her fellow classmates rallied around her after they found out about the cruel joke some had pulled. Doesn’t seem like that happened from what’s described in the story. So I’m rating the situation as 50% inspirational and 50% sad commentary on our society.

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- loriann12
  Posted on September 27, 2012 at 6:41am
  I have to agree with you. I think the boy only decided to “be seen with her” because they made her look better, and he didn’t want it reported that he was such a heel. When I was in high school, the only ones on the homecoming court were the jocks and cheerleaders. I was neither. But most of the cheerleaders ended up being stay at home moms while I served my country in the cold war. Revenge is sometimes sweet.
  
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- TEXASGRANNY73
  Posted on September 27, 2012 at 9:54am
  @Loriann12 How do you consider serving during the cold war akin to “sweet” revenge? You weren’t serving for the freedom of others to make choices or staying home with their children an admirable accomplishment?
  
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- OhioRifleman
  Posted on September 27, 2012 at 10:17am
  @ Texas Granny
  
  It is sweet revenge when you see someone trapped in their present by their own failings in years past.
  
  I’m not sure of your background and out of honor I will not speculate, but the jocks and cheerleaders of the past couple decades ran their high-school lives on cruise control, or in some extreme cases were propped up by their schools. Without drive then, and a lack of drive later, these persons end up in a state of ‘go along to get along’, not taking charge of their own fate. There are exceptions, but my recent HS reunion proved that there are few exceptions far and between.
  
  For those of us who have a plan (or, more appropriately, HAD a plan), seeing the stay-at-home moms, the minimum-wage pushers, it becomes something of a cruel, almost Darwinian vindication of past intentions and planning. Weakness in the past becomes hollow results in the future; clear intentions and understood goals become the foundation of far greater results. It becomes statistically hard to ignore when the bulk of the jocks / cheerleaders involved didn’t get much mileage beyond that.
  
  That said, if that is (or was) their intention, more power to them. All I know is I intended more in the past, and I have achieved a startling percentage of my intentions already. I have far to go, and I shall be going that way.
  
  My glory days are ahead, High School was simply an annoyance I had to suffer through. For some, High School is the definition of their life.
  
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- The Jewish Avenger
  Posted on September 27, 2012 at 10:23am
  @TexasGranny
  
  What I think he means is:
  
  While these women chose a cushioned lifestyle, he went adventerous.
  Another way to look at it is some women live in their moo moo’s and watch soaps all day
  Some are stepford wives.
  If your a soldier, without your wit, you’re dead, you learn so muich more than you ever could being a couch potato or a soccer mom.
  Not that I’m saying a community organizer is a bad thing, they have their place… but they are a dime a dozen… ask Obama (LOL)
  
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- The Jewish Avenger
  Posted on September 27, 2012 at 10:27am
  @Ohio…
  
  Thats a better explanation.
  THaNKS
  
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- Misty Williams
  Posted on September 27, 2012 at 10:51am
  @OhioRifleman
  Perhaps I misunderstood the gist of your comments here.
  I was not a cheerleader, I was one of the picked on, singled out, so-called “lesser beings” in school. Not because I dressed funny, because my folks were “new” to the area. But fortunately, life goes on, well beyond the doors of high school.
  I AM a stay at home mom. That wasn’t my plan in high school, far from it. But, I got married, convinced I could have children in day care while in college, and have both career and children. It didn’t take long for me to be disgusted with the state of education and child monitoring in public schools. So, my chosen career is on hold, probably permanently, while I work very hard to educate my children academically and socially, and hopefully turn out decent, hard working, caring, and please Lord, independent, stable minded young adults who don’t go running to their government with their hands out demanding entitlements. So far so good–three adult children who are independent. Two married, two grandchildren, and both families wanting to home school their children as they grow up. I have also fostered children, both formally through the courts and informally through agreements with their parents. The career I had chosen for myself wasn’t the one God (or if you prefer “fate” or some other higher power) had in mind for me. I AM A STAY AT HOME MOM, and I don’t feel robbed, or as though career folk have more than I do or I can.
  
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- Rowgue
  Posted on September 27, 2012 at 12:46pm
  Well it kind of makes sense the jocks and cheerleaders usually make up the homecoming court. It’s an event centered primarily around the homecoming football game.
  
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- OhioRifleman
  Posted on September 27, 2012 at 12:49pm
  @ misty
  
  I believe you hit it about 50/50. Right on the intentions, wrong on the target.
  
  By your story, it looks like you hit the three points: outcast, planned for your future, achieved a level of success. The critical thing to consider about your story is these were your choices, and you have followed them without souring and with dedication. You may not be now where you initially planned to be (following your intended career path), but in reality I see where you integrated a second plan and it took over. On an aside, I salute you for that choice; the public schools are nothing more than a cesspool any more.
  
  My chewing was not on you, per se, it was on the droves upon droves of vapid cheerleaders and naiive jocks whose plans are either nonexistent or wildly unrealistic. As I said, there are exceptions: athletes with the ability to plan a future / career do exist, but I don’t remember any of them and I wasn’t reintroduced to any at my last reunion. Also as I said, examples of that rank are few and far between.
  
  There are no critical thinking, analysis skills, or planning skills taught in school nowadays. School does not teach the difference between a job and a career. I chose a trade early and dedicated myself to it; by my analysis, I am one of the highest paid and stable-employed in my graduating class, and was the classic nerd outcast in school. I think only one, maybe two of the cheerleaders made above 40K. ‘Nuff said.
  
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Yakov-Yurovsky
Posted on September 27, 2012 at 3:13am
Ah, does anyone see this Bullying agenda as an attempt to lobotomize this generation’s area of the brain that stimulates free speech? It won’t be long now!

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Grammy748
Posted on September 26, 2012 at 9:56pm
No one really knows the pain this girl must have been feeling inside… I commend the townspeople for helping her to feel special… No matter her behavior…or dress… before the vote… It was cruel… And, I pray, she will come out of this with better thoughts about herself and realize there are good people out there who care about others… Just maybe, at a later time, she may return the same favors down the road… pass it on…

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Kaoscontrol
Posted on September 26, 2012 at 5:13pm
I applaud the big hearted townsfolk who stepped up to donate… but based on the news clip showing the hairstyle worn by the “hairdresser”… I’m a little concerned that the look Whitney Kropp wears to the prom will be less than attractive.

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geomann
Posted on September 26, 2012 at 3:48pm
Lots of people commented that she brought the scorn upon herself by the way she dressed. In many cases, kids do that to themselves because they already have a low self esteem, and they are creating a reality that matches their low view of themselves.

I admire this young lady for breaking free of that vicious circle. Those who encouraged her obviously see her value, and it sounds like she has come to see it as well. I hope this is the start of a new chapter in her life.

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thegreatcarnac
Posted on September 26, 2012 at 3:27pm
Usually money is the difference in people’s lives in school. More money…better cars….more able to get into clubs and extra-curricular activities……get nose jobs and better health…….get tutors……wear the hip clothes…..get teeth fixed sooner…..money to spend….individual coaching in sports……
Like I said money is the key.

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- Melika
  Posted on September 26, 2012 at 6:58pm
  Wow, what Hollywood fantasy movie do you live in? These kids are going to public school. They get free food, free private tutoring, free computers, free sports, free trips, free transport, free health care, free counseling, and free everything else. If they don’t want to get it through the school, there are plenty of volunteer organizations out there that provide it. Plenty of kids are “cool” who don’t have a car.
  
  Maybe if they stopped teaching her that being a victim is good, she’d stick up for herself. You can tell how much she sees herself as a victim just by her statements. What is worse, the supposedly mature adults that are helping her are encouraging her to seek a form of revenge on the other students rather than to see herself in a better light and ignore the morons. Is it any wonder this generation thinks pulling out a gun and killing a bunch of kids is acceptable? The insane, small-minded person who thinks a 20 year HS reunion is a chance to rub someone’s nose in their own misfortunes is sick in the head, and that is who is coaching this girl on proper, adult responses to adversity. Oh yeah, she’s going to be normal.
  
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blackyb
Posted on September 26, 2012 at 3:10pm
She is just an average looking youn woman, who seemed set upon making herself stand out by looking “different.” What did she expect? Now she puts herself out there to get some sadistic joke pulled on her? People on both sides of this are about retarded and silly. Who cares for this high school crap, anyway?

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- TEXASGRANNY73
  Posted on September 27, 2012 at 10:52am
  What were you? A drop out? Got a GED? A PHD in Psycho therapy? Good grief, some of these comments are so insinuating and insulting must be a 5th grader writing them. High school is tough enough without the bullying garbage no matter who it is. Happy Days are here again, whoopee, we can cheer again, we’ve made someone feel less again. Happy Days are here again.
  
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woodyee
Posted on September 26, 2012 at 2:56pm
Poor girl – good for her! I would not have read this story had one of my nephews not written and said “Pop! Let me borrow your old uniform (dress blues) and I’ll take her to the prom!”

Dang boy near choked me up…what a kid…

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coatswg
Posted on September 26, 2012 at 2:23pm
Most men are deathly afraid of wading in the comment waters of women like ‘MomRules’ and for good reason. So, with a suicidal flair, I’ll take this masochistic plunge and reveal a little morsel of truth about men: During my high school years, we boys privately discussed with each other the girls we truly admired who had a deep self respect for themselves and an honoring of us boys who would one day be men. We let the other girls (such as the cheerleaders) think they were pretty and fun only so they would give us what we wanted. Later when grown and ready to lead, protect & provide, we married the girls we admired. That was the 1970s and I see the same phenomena 40 yrs later in our local high school. It’s in their eyes. He may have his arm around the currently popular girl who has his physical affection, but he sees a girl in the distance who has his admiration and he wonders, “Will I ever measure up for her?” The day comes when knows he has.

In the meantime, don’t tell her she only needs to just love herself. Tell her that he will come one day when he’s ready for her.

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- The_Jerk
  Posted on September 26, 2012 at 2:52pm
  Look, if you dress different, act different… don’t cry when you’re treated differently.
  
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- RossPoldark
  Posted on September 26, 2012 at 3:30pm
  Jerk, your name suits you well. What you are saying, is just because a woman dresses provocatively, she deserves to be raped., or because someone dresses excentrically, they deserve to be harassed or beat up. I wonder how Jesus would fare these days in his white robe, sandals and long ****? Well, your attituded clearly shows the signs of the times.
  
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- coachjbp
  Posted on September 26, 2012 at 3:44pm
  If I remember correctly all those jock jerks in high school that were all over (I mean under) every cheerleader’s short skirt, weren’t really real man material anyway. Having never personally gone to a high school reunion, I can still find humor in all the silly high school drama. To anyone who survived….leave it all behind, life is so much better AFTER high school!!
  
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- momrules
  Posted on September 26, 2012 at 4:01pm
  COATSWG………..Feel free to wade in. I was bullied terribly as a child and teenager. I was pretty enough but was handicapped, poor and shy. I had to learn to love and respect myself, to grow a spine and believe in myself before I could be that woman my husband eventually married.
  
  I raised a son that I taught to treat all girls he met like she was beautiful even if she was homely. I taught him to treat each girl like a lady. He was also taught to stop anyone, anytime, he saw someone abusing someone else, boy or girl. I am happy to say that he listened and he learned and as a man still does as he was taught.
  
  I understand male hormones but I’ll never understand the joy some people get by humiliating and hurting others. I also will never understand how anyone can stand by and watch it happen.
  
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- JBARRANCHAZ
  Posted on September 27, 2012 at 4:27am
  @COATSWG
  
  Exactly. No matter how badly media and women portray high-school boys, there is a rule that you don’t “use” a nice girl. That crosses racial, economic and status lines. This was the same 50 years ago and through today. Young girls should ask their daddies, not their mommies, about this. Once they are in their early 20s, nice girls get to pick. Personality, Personality, Personality. Sex is pretty easy to get, nice girls with great personalities are a rare flower in a field of weeds. Guys know this, women should too. Especially nasty liberal women who are hard to want.
  
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- bgotts27
  Posted on September 27, 2012 at 10:31am
  Rosspoldark,
  
  Your comment about how Jesus “would feel” is way off base here.
  
  Jesus did not dress in an “odd” way – He simply dressed in the fashion of the day. There is absolutely NO connection between His robes and sandals and this girl’s odd **** color and all black.
  
  Jesus was ridiculed and mocked and humiliated and beaten and put to death for His righteousness for our redemption and justification, and He was motivated by His love for us, not because He “didn’t feel worthy.”
  
  Worth is the Lamb that was slain!
  
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- The Jewish Avenger
  Posted on September 27, 2012 at 10:43am
  @COACHjbp
  
  exactly…
  
  Everyone should ask yourself this:
  Out of ALL the people you went to high school with:
  
  How many friends stood the test of time from high school?
  
  How many do you meet on a daily bases?
  How many affect your daily way of living?
  How many call you within a month?
  How many do you pass by in the store and dont even recognize you or other classmates anymore?
  
  As far as Facecrap and MyGape IMO they dont count… people fake themselves often and it doesnt count.
  
  My kids when they left high school
  
  One had at least 6 good friends that were in CONSTANT contact during their years there… a year after HS… three were gone… two years after two more stop communicating… ONE. One best friend.
  Still has that best friend as well
  
  The other had about 3-4, sadly his best friend died before they graduated… to him, he will be eternally remembered as the best friend. The others? Gone the week to a month after graduating.
  
  So with the exception of maybe MAYBE, ONE PERSON, high school was a sea of people that… know you, sorta…
  
  So why sweat it?
  Sadly because we never learn it unless we go through it.
  
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Gonzo
Posted on September 26, 2012 at 2:12pm
I guess they never saw or read Carrie.

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- Exidor
  Posted on September 27, 2012 at 10:31am
  I thought the same thing! Pretty close…..
  
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blackyb
Posted on September 26, 2012 at 1:45pm
Good is bad; bad is good, feel sorry for the underdog so he can get strength to turn around and bite your arm off. It seems she made her own self stand out by looking “strange.” Another wants their cake and eats it too.

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- Exrepublisheep
  Posted on September 26, 2012 at 2:06pm
  AAhhhhhh…so you’re against freedom then? CONFORM OR BE SCORNED!!
  
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- KevINtampa
  Posted on September 26, 2012 at 2:32pm
  @ExRepubliSheep
  
  I agree with you. While some acts of nonconformity deserve to be scorned and shunned, this is not one of them.
  
  What if a certain certain cultures goal is to use multiculturalism to end multiculturalism? Would you scorn that type of nonconformity? I would assume yes.
  
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- blackyb
  Posted on September 26, 2012 at 3:08pm
  You must be joking. Who cares for that hypocrital “freedom?” Not being the best for the job does not negate the fact that feeling sorry for someone because they helped make themselves an object of some type of scorn or felt left out, caused someone to miss an opportunity because they deserved it. That feeling sorry for people is a joke, it is hypocracy and avoid the Truth. If they felt so sorry for her why did they not keep their mouths shut off her in the first place. That picture in that red dress is not doing a lot for her still. They are still mocking her.
  
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- blackyb
  Posted on September 26, 2012 at 3:12pm
  If a person wants to look different to attraction attention good or bad, they better be tough enough to handle it. That has nothing to do with freedom. It was the scorners freedom to say what they wanted, not that it showed any class or good manners, but it was their right. Why should she be rewarded when she never deserved it. If someone wanted to reward her, they should have kicked scorner azz.
  
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- Exrepublisheep
  Posted on September 26, 2012 at 4:22pm
  @blackyb. CONFORM OR BE SCORNED!!
  
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G.E.R
Posted on September 26, 2012 at 1:32pm
I’m curious when did doing a prank on someone whether cruel or not become bullying.

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- Patriottoo
  Posted on September 26, 2012 at 1:40pm
  I think the difference is that everybody is laughing at the conclusion of the prank. I don’t think she was laughing. Do you?
  
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- G.E.R
  Posted on September 26, 2012 at 1:44pm
  That doesn’t answer my question
  
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- Dano.50
  Posted on September 26, 2012 at 2:04pm
  G.E.R.
  
  Since you can’t seem to understand the difference, for starters, if it’s cruel, by definition it is bullying.
  
  Second, if it’s always the same person, and usually their group of friends, constantly picking on a particular person who cannot or does not reciprocate, odds are it’s bullying.
  
  Third, only a friend can really pull a prank on you as they have a fair idea of your sense of humor. Even then, lines are sometimes mistakenly crossed.
  
  If a stranger, or more specifically someone you ain’t buddies with, pulls a prank, it’s most likely they’re trying to humiliate you.
  
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- Exrepublisheep
  Posted on September 26, 2012 at 2:09pm
  G.E.R. Your question is confusing. But I’ll try. If the “Victim” truly finds it funny, it’s not bullying. If the stunt is meant to abuse or humiliate then it’s bullying.
  
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- TxSon
  Posted on September 26, 2012 at 2:13pm
  The difference is if the “victim” is in on the joke or the **** of the joke. Friends play pranks on each other with humor being the motivation. Bullies pull the prank on an outsider with the sole intention of causing physical or emotional harm.
  
  Is that clear enough? For this distinction to NOT be clear one would have to have been the bully, not the bullied.
  
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- G.E.R
  Posted on September 26, 2012 at 3:49pm
  The difference is is that kids these days are crybaby pu@#ys(much like their parents) and they’re raised to believe that they are special and everyone is a winner. Sad truth is that they’re not.
  
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- Exrepublisheep
  Posted on September 26, 2012 at 4:28pm
  @G.E.R. Every kid IS special, unique, different. Bullying is not the victims fault, it’s the fault of the bully and probably the bullys’ parents. Wearing a Christian shirt where it’s not popular does not give bulies (muslims) the right to attack. She shouldn’t have to conform to an unwritten dress code to be part of the crowd.
  
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- G.E.R
  Posted on September 26, 2012 at 6:05pm
  Putting aside the statistical impossibility of every child being special, and the fact that teachers apparently need to look up “special” in the dictionary, It’s time we address this issue and stop the overly optimistic nonsense that is clearly damaging kids these days. Parents and teachers need to understand, first of all, that they are not doing kids any favors by promoting false confidence with ridiculous, incessant flattery. It’s quite the opposite. They’re doing the kids a disservice by setting them up for a shock of reality that is bound to hit them at some point.
  
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- Exrepublisheep
  Posted on September 26, 2012 at 8:14pm
  G.E.R. Well written, I agree with your last response. I guess we only disagree with the term “special”.
  
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billrow
Posted on September 26, 2012 at 1:30pm
As someone who went through similar treatment without any support all I can say is that it made me a stronger person not dependent on other people’s acceptance. However, This girl chooses to color her **** wildly and dress goth to get attention..so it brings negative attention. should we feel sorry for someone who puts a kick me sign on their own back?

Well anyway she’s just a kid and I hope she turns out ok.

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- iBeliever
  Posted on September 27, 2012 at 4:53am
  Because that’s the way she wants to look? Why does she inherently deserve negative attention for not dressing the way everyone else does? How can someone reach adulthood and still think the way you do?
  
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Female
Posted on September 26, 2012 at 1:29pm
She needs a hollywood star or music star to escort her! Come on Detroit, Chicago, etc…..send in a Prince charming, so she can ditch the cowardly toad at the school, in leiu of a “PRINCE” Make it a fairytale instead of the nightmare plan by the little B & Bs.

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- Landon410
  Posted on September 26, 2012 at 1:55pm
  if a pro sport player from detroit took her, he’d be arrested for statutory after home coming dance was over…..
  
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HollyRye
Posted on September 26, 2012 at 1:28pm
Sometimes what those intend for evil is used for good. Where have I heard that before…..

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LLATPOH
Posted on September 26, 2012 at 1:13pm
So I usually reserve the label of “hero” to people that do at least a little bit more than “be a victim.” Nothing against this girl, but hero? Meh.

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- ReddenBlack
  Posted on September 26, 2012 at 1:19pm
  This is like “Carrie” but with a happy ending.
  
  Welll… I mean I thought “Carrie” already had a happy ending, but ya know what I mean…
  
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- RANGER1965
  Posted on September 26, 2012 at 1:31pm
  Yes, telekinetically ripping people to shreds, tearing buildings down atop your foes.
  
  Mmmmmm….happiness.
  
  I think I feel a tingle up my leg.
  
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- Patriottoo
  Posted on September 26, 2012 at 1:37pm
  Sorry Llatpoh I can’t agree with you. It takes a lot of courage to walk into that gathering, knowing what they think of you. It would be much easier for her to just stay home. Even now, with the support She is getting, it’s going to be rough on her. I just hope some of her classmates will show some support at the dance and make her feel welcome.
  
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- blackyb
  Posted on September 26, 2012 at 1:44pm
  Stupid story. Who cares.
  
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RANGER1965
Posted on September 26, 2012 at 1:11pm
For all the negatives of social media (and they are legion), there are some positives.

Imagine if this were to happen in the 60′s or 70′s. The results would be just as the prankster would want them to be. Outcast girl ridiculed, and made fun of, stays home while her prettier, and cooler peers go to prom.

In this new age of social media alot of these spiteful little jackals get what’s coming to them really quick, and the unjustly outcast becomes vindicated.

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right-wing-waco
Posted on September 26, 2012 at 1:09pm
I was one of the shortest guys in my high school. With the last name of “Little”, I got teased a lot. The things the kids of today do did not happen back then. Todays kids are often very cruel. This is very sad.

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- Anonymous T. Irrelevant
  Posted on September 26, 2012 at 1:34pm
  @WACO
  Agreed. I went to school in the late 60′s to late 70′s and it was never as bad as it is now. Part of it has to do with bad, or no parenting. The layabouts of today are just too lazy or stupid to teach their children manners. In a crowd, the children with manners ratio is probably now at 30%.
  That’s sad. I hate having to go to crowded stores, because of all the inconsiderate boobs in the aisles. Some will take up the whole aisle having a conversation while you are standing there waiting. Fat people take up handicap parking spaces and carts, because they think they are disabled. People let their children run wild.
  
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hi
Posted on September 26, 2012 at 1:09pm
Don’t forget to pray for your enemies. When you don’t harbor anger and bitterness towards them, you win.

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- PeppermintCrush
  Posted on September 27, 2012 at 4:41am
  Exactly right.
  
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Psychosis
Posted on September 26, 2012 at 1:04pm
CHILDREN CAN BE SO EVIL

LIBERALS ARE SO CHILDISH

CORRELATION???………………………….YOU BET

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momrules
Posted on September 26, 2012 at 1:04pm
Bullies always think they are better than the ones they bully. They aren’t. Bullies are slime. I don’t care if the bully is rich, poor, pretty or popular. Bullies are dirt under the feet of their betters and their betters are everyone.

Whitney, don’t let these piles of dung stop you from loving yourself. You hold your head up high, put those shoulders back and remember…….you are twice the human being they are. Enjoy the dance and dance girl….. dance.

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- hi
  Posted on September 26, 2012 at 1:11pm
  I agree. It’s usually the popular kids who drink, do drugs, and girls who brag about sleeping around who are the bullies.
  
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Sirfoldallot
Posted on September 26, 2012 at 12:58pm
Must be in the 1%.

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