Unless you’ve been living under a rock the last two months, you’ve heard of the rippling effects of the Stoneman High School shooting that happened on Valentine’s Day in Parkland, Florida. One of the survivors of the shooting, Emma Gonzalez, has been the most outspoken. Outspoken so, that she has her own Wikipedia page. She has since co-founded a gun-control advocacy group, Never Again MSD. She was one of the most visible faces during the March for our Lives rally in Washington D.C. With her recent rise she has faced considerable amounts of criticism for, among other things, endorsing communism by wearing the Cuban flag patch from Steve King, Republican Representative from Iowa.

That is not the only conspiracy theory levied against Gonzalez that she has had to endure from the right.

Emma Gonzalez has also been accused of bullying the Stoneman High School shooter, Nikolas Cruz, according to the conservative blog site, LouderWithCrowder.com.

“Since he was in middle school, it was no surprise to anyone who knew him to hear that he was the shooter. Those talking about how we should have not ostracized him? You didn’t know this kid, OK? We did.”

This is further indicative of what we’re seeing with the “Walk Up, Not Out” crowd. We are not bullying these kids or ostracizing them as much as we are avoiding the possibility of being murdered by somebody with clear as day mental health problems. Just simply being “nice” to them will not protect us from the blind fury that will unfold if or when they snap, and go on a vicious rampage that will destroy the lives of loved ones.

That is, in a nutshell, what people like Emma Gonzalez wish to see happen.

While I agree that you should be nice and kind to everybody that you come in contact with, sometimes it won’t be enough. That acts like a temporary, short term fix for somebody mentally ill. Nobody knows how long just some nice treatment will last.

Be nice and kind, but also be smart and aware though.