First and foremost, justice has been served. That being said, for those who don't know, as of Friday, Michelle Carter, the young teen who was being tried for involuntary manslaughter over persuasive texts she sent to her boyfriend, Conrad Roy, in which she was practically begging him to kill himself. Her texts included things like "just do it already" and other persuasions. Sadly, Conrad did commit suicide and this girl was being tried for a hand in his suicide. So here's to you, Michelle Carter.
Dear Ms. Carter,
First, I hope that someone somewhere along the line, gives you a psychological evaluation. Your actions indicate that you have no sense of conscious thought process and you really should seek some help for that. You are not God. You do not get to decide when someone should kill themselves and how dare you take the time out of your precious life to tell a young man that he should just get it over with already.
Suicide is such a horrible thing to cope with. Not only did you coerce someone who was clearly having second thoughts about committing suicide into doing it, you lent a hand in stripping a family of their own flesh and blood. You helped take a child from his parents. You took a young man who could have sought help and cut his life short.
You are a child, in every sense of the word. A spoiled brat with an attitude that the world can't touch you. There is no excusing what you did, no taking back the words that you sent, and don't even try to cry over "words are just words". Your words have meaning, your words hold weight and I hope that you spend enough time filling out your sentence that you learn that.
There is no excuse to persuade someone to resort to suicide. Regardless of depression, mental health, past suicide attempts, etc. everyone deserves to have someone that encourages them to seek more help, not to just get it over with. You are a miserable excuse for a girlfriend (there comes a point in time where you can't possibly support all of your boyfriend's decisions) and to say that you loved him, seems an incredibly big lie. When you love someone, you encourage them to get help when they need it, letting them know that you are there for them. Conrad didn't need someone to tell him to kill himself, he needed someone to support him in getting help.
I sincerely hope that one day you realize the weight of your actions. I hope you realize that when you tell someone to kill themselves, you are the problem. You took a man who was clearly battling some demons and convinced him that in trying to get help, he was somehow less of a man, less of a human being. For that, you just might be one of the worst people someone could ever come across.
So here's to hoping that your life is ruined because of this guilty verdict and that maybe, just maybe, you will be able to feel some of the shame that your parents should feel having raised a murderer.
Sincerely,
Justice.