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Take “13 reasons why” off Netflix

Take “13 reasons why” off Netflix

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Started by Lexie Ostler 8 years, 2 months ago
The Netflix original show, “13 reasons why” is a terrible, disgusting, and disturbing show, with obscenely graphic content, depicting a teenage suicide showing the character slitting their wrists, showing a character getting rapped, and a character getting beaten and having a broom stick forced into their butt. This show has claimed to bring suicide awareness, It found that within three weeks of the series premiere on March 31, 2017, there was a significant rise in internet searches concerning suicide, by about 19 per cent (900,000 to 1.5 million more searches than usual, in other words). In that same three weeks, it also set a record for being the most tweeted about TV series in 2017 so far. In the study, the authors wrote, “Our analyses suggest 13 Reasons Why, in its present form, has both increased suicidal awareness while unintentionally increasing suicidal ideation. The most rising queries focused on suicidal ideation. For instance, ‘how to commit suicide’, ‘commit suicide’ and ‘how to kill yourself’ were all significantly higher.” There have also been rises in teen suicides since the show came out. I think this show is nothing but bad and should not be on Netflix anymore. I’d like to send this petition to Netflix to get them to take the show down for it’s inappropriate and disturbing content.

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Elizabeth Rose Gullerud
8 years ago Featured

I have struggled with severe depression and anxiety since I was seven years old, as has most of my family. This "show" is just that: a show, and a sham. Similar to the circus "freak" shows of days past, it glamorizes and mocks the real-life, everyday, painful challenges some people go through, and through doing so offers no hope or relief from the demons we face. This disturbing attempt at entertainment is not just dangerous; it is morally wrong.

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Anonymous
8 years ago Featured

This show has seriously depressed me and brought back dark memories and thoughts from my past. I don’t want it to do the same for others. There are other ways to raise awareness.

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Andrea Wootton
8 years ago Featured

I am a teacher of junior high school students. They are highly susceptible and are the target audience. Please stop making shows that glamorize suicide. We have had five attempts this year at our school. A local high school has had five people actually commit suicide this year alone. Adults should be doing all they can to help, not making money of off children’s insecurities and very real issues.

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Deborah Coffey
7 years ago

you must take moral responsibility for the content of your programming. Suicide rates are alarmingly high among teenagers. Couple this with the "Sabrina" series reveal the belly of the Beast!!

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Mick Makulow
8 years ago

Being in a similar situation, I would recommend not watching shows like this that could potentially have a negative effect on people like us.

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Mick Makulow
8 years ago

The show isn't the issue here, it's the parents. If you want to start a petition for anything it should be a petition for parents to actually parent and raise their kids, guiding them while growing up. If a parent has a problem with the show and their kid wants to watch, maybe they can watch it together and talk about it. Censoring something, someone or some topic is not in line with our Constitution when it comes to Free Speech and on top that it's wrong and doesn't change or fix anything. Parents today all want to point the finger away from themselves when the real issue is them.

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Abbey
8 years ago

This show is inappropriate and glorifies depression, suicide, and bullying.

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Anonymous
8 years ago

Please remove this show. It’s awful.

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