i would never say that copycat attacks are solely created by communities like what’s on tumblr but yall are tripping if yall think you thirsty goblins didn’t have a hand in encouraging what almost happened in halifax like. yall are absolutely tripping if yall think that your constant validation of troubled young men and their thoughts of violence had absolutely nothing to do with james’s death. that kind of glorification and attention had a huge hand in what happened to james and randy and to an extent lindsay and yall can’t just forget about that. this behavior contributed to what happened in halifax.
i know this for a fact because the same damn thing happened to me. i still have dozens of messages in my inbox from thirsty tcc girls telling me about how much they’d love me if i did something like that. they saw a young man going through a mental health crisis and they messaged me trying to push me into committing an atrocity. i know for a damn fact that james’s inbox is probably still full of the same. like, alright, tumblr’s response is late and we know they’re probably gonna hit a bunch of legit blogs too, but yall out there rewriting eric harris’s rants to be about the new guidelines, and yall out there with thirsty urls and posts about wanting to fuck mass shooters? that’s the exact kind of thing that directly almost caused a mass shooting. i was there to witness it. i was there in the fallout. and if that’s your attitude you deserve to be deleted lmao.
i used to be cormflower and i was fairly popular on here from 2013-2016. this is a sideblog that i rarely use because i don’t want to expose my identity. before i was a Leopold and Loeb specific blog i was a full time TCC blog. i’m not only speaking to the sch**l sh**ting bloggers but to my own community as well: the only way to heal from the systematic desensitization that we’re suffering is to disconnect from these communities, especially the ones centered around Hook and 4/20/99 but also including my own community, and learn how to empathize again. learn to really, truly feel the magnitude of what you’re doing and what you’re promoting. these close knit and secretive communities are dangerous and they harbor more evil than is even apparent on the surface. the true crime communities i have been involved in in the past five years are the antithesis of the “call out culture” found in other online groups. there are unspoken truths about members of these groups that are shrouded in silence and a lack of communication. this unwritten vow of secrecy has led to incidences as publicized as James’ death, to the intercommunity drama involving Jon and Damian, and as private as my own personal traumas that i still am working through as a result of my connections made through these communities. halifax was a tipping point. things have only gotten more fucked up since. we no longer live in a time period where these online communities can exist without bearings on reality. there are consequences to the mindsets that are perpetrated in these communities, consequences that spread farther than the law can reach. you might not see the damage done, but take it from a young girl who was essentially raised by the true crime community. the results of being welcomed into these groups continues to permeate my day to day life. delete the lot.
i hope you don’t mind me reblogging this (and if you do please let me know and i’ll remove this post) but what you said is very, very important and a truth we need to face. i will never say that such communities are the sole cause behind these things, but as you rightfully pointed out - dynamics have changed, our interaction with (and reliance on) social media has changed, and as a result of this the impact of what we do and say online has changed. halifax would not have happened without the tcc. things would not have gotten so bad for me if not for the tcc. and from what you’re saying, you experienced the same. the evidence is mounting.
i have zero issue with factual, information-based blogs and do not believe they should be deleted. but these blogs are the tip of the iceberg, and everything that exists in that unspoken, silent area is dangerous. i’m sorry you experienced this and i hope you can heal from what you went through. it is really nasty out there.
i had a college interview today so i’m absolutely exhausted and have very little left to articulate on this topic, lmao. that said, i just want to let you know i truly appreciate your response and you made some great points. i believe we were mutuals at one time and i recently found your blog again and saw that you had taken a break but were active again. it’s great to talk to you again and more importantly to hear how well you’re doing since you disconnected from the community. i am proud of us. keep being awesome and spreading the good word to the kids on here who look up to you, or at least your former edgy persona HAHAHA. that shit is not cool and i hope through both of our personal growth, more kids in dark places realize that. taking responsibility for yourself and getting the help you need to be a better member of the human race is possibly the most badass thing you could do.
