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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.


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Oper_5211/04/2025

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

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