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> people who think my friends shouldn't exist

What does this mean? Are you talking about people who openly support actual murder? Almost everyone is opposed to that, of course.

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College athlete Lia Smith died by suicide last week after years of targeted harassment and attacks from the people we're talking about. At some point, when the institutions of power do everything they can to demonize your existence, strip you of your accomplishments, and vilify you publicly—across millions of people nationwide—it doesn't matter whether you call it murder or not. The deaths rack up all the same.

Perhaps it would be best not to spread unverified speculation about possible reasons for someone choosing to die by suicide.

There was no speculation about a causal relationship in the post you're replying to

In fact, by my reading, that post is saying that the actual cause is immaterial in the face of campaigning that essentially tried to be the cause.

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