This. A friend of mine lost her life recently and her family chose to frame it as: “she lost her battle with depression.” Because those who die by their own hand are not making a conscious, rational decision, which “committed” and “took” imply.

Nope. Best practices for suicide reporting recommend not using “committed,” which sounds like a crime or, to religious communities, like a sin, and “kill yourself” is just insensitive, crude, and poorly phrased. “Died by suicide” is the phrasing recommended by mental health professionals and the American Foundation…

There's a bit more to that bit than just how fun it is to say "faggot". It's all about the power of words and the importance of how they're used. He talks about "cunt" and "nigger" as well. The whole thing is somewhat uncomfortable, but it's supposed to be. He masterfully reduced those words to nothing more than…

Hey man, don't let all the joke haters get you down. Stand your ground.

Despite not being in any sort of physical danger, Zimmerman still plans to shoot DMX.