29-year-old Martyn Hett was one of 22 people who’ve lives were cut tragically short after a suicide bomber detonated a device at a May 22 Ariana Grande concert.
Now, his mother, Figen Murray, is coming forward to share her experiences online in the wake of the attack as she mourns her son’s death.
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She alleges she’s been the target of online trolls ever since the tragedy, many of whom are criticizing her composure and saying that she doesn’t appear angry enough.
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Speaking to LGB, she states the obvious by admitting her “heart is bleeding” despite the fact that she’s seemingly remaining calm:
“We do cry at home. We cried in bed last night. But there’s no guide book about how to deal with this kind of thing.”
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She added that she wouldn’t want to react angrily or with hate since the outpouring of goodness has “far outweighed the darkness” of the tragedy.
You can watch the entire interview below:
h/t: Attitude
IDoNotHaveToAgreeWithYou
“She added that she wouldn’t want to react angrily or with hate since the outpouring of goodness has “far outweighed the darkness” of the tragedy.”
You kid an an eight year old girl were blown up lady. No wonder people are calling you out.
MacAdvisor
Yes, because reacting in anger and with hate always works out so well.
Juanjo
Let me get this correct, you are attacking the mother of a murdered person because in your opinion she is not showing the proper level of grief you consider appropriate or is not expressing that grief in a manner which meets your approval? What kind of low life makes that argument? Oh yeah, a troll who uses a handle announcing his intent to be contrary to everyone and just generally to engage in douchebaggery.
IDoNotHaveToAgreeWithYou
MacAdvisor – Because making excuses muslims committing mass murder after mass murder is really doing a lot to stop it from happening.
IDoNotHaveToAgreeWithYou
Juanjo – Get this straight. If her and the rest of the fools in England would stop kissing the terrorists butts there would be a lot less dead people to bury there.
captainburrito
Her grief is personal. Leave her be.
paul dorian lord fredine
you’re an ass, for this comment and your anti-muslim vomit below.
DCguy
Awww, how adorable, the anti-lgbt Trump Troll knows that no lgbts will ever vote for them unless they can somehow convince us that the conservative Muslim hatred of us is somehow different then their own hatred of us.
Just a quick hint, attacking a woman who just lost her son probably isn’t the best way to go about that. But you know…..you do you.
LARRY
Mamma, my husband Patrick and I would like to express our deepest condolences for the indescribable loss you are experiencing now. It should not ever be the place of another living soul to determine how you process your own grief. This unspeakable event is fraught on all sides with an ugly political slant to it and we as human beings are filled with such rage against the horror that was done to children that we forget that there are REAL people who are grieving on the sidelines who can hardly process the information that their loved one is gone forever let alone find some political or moral position to take. May the Goddess bring love and light to your family at this time and know that while many will find fault there are millions more who are heartbroken for your loss as well as the losses of each family affected by this horror.
o.codone
@LARRY. Did I read this right? Did you really just say, “May the Goddess bring love and light to your family”? Oh my fu*cking God. May the Goddess bring love and light to your family. How about a Glock jammed up the terrorist’s a*ss and I let you pull the trigger. That would solve the problem and help you to realize that you and I are the targets of an insane death cult. But, somehow you think that teddy bears and candles is the proper response to that threat. Hey brother, tomorrow they are coming for you and me. Protect yourself because (scoffing laughter), the Goddess ain’t gonna do sh*it to make this situation better. The final solution to this problem isn’t going to be pretty.
DCguy
And there you have it again, the anti-gbt trolls are in a panic. So they attack the mother of a dead son, and now attack somebody offering condolences.
Paco
Some people respond to a tragic loss by going emotionally numb. Eventually the reality of the loss will surface.
silveroracle
Exactly. Who are these people to tell people how to react.
Every person reacts differently.
smartoad
I concur. When I was 14 my best friend was killed in a hit and run accident. I shut down, in the world but barely aware of it, putting on a ‘brave face’ for all around me. It wasn’t until the funeral that I finally broke down and cried.
People deal with grief in different ways, let them manage it how they need.
Xzamilloh
What kind of monsters tell a grieving mother how she should be reacting to the death of her child? Some people are just ridiculous sometimes. Putting my feelings about the liberal left’s silent tolerance of radical Islam aside, this is a mother who has experienced the worst thing a parent can, and I think the internet has provided people with this air of indifference to the reality that other people are facing. Imagine telling someone in person who just lost their child to terrorism that they aren’t sad enough about it.
Heywood Jablowme
This is also a theme of the drooling denialists who think the Sandy Hook elementary school massacre was a hoax. One or two of the parents were deemed insufficiently grief-stricken on TV, so that “obviously” means they knew ahead of time their kids would be killed by gun control advocates!… or maybe the kids never existed in the first place?… or something like that.
DCguy
This is the Trump and Putin troll game.
They hate lgbts, and the ONLY chance they have to get anybody to vote for them is to provide them a target of hate since they don’t have any agenda.
So they attack a woman who just lost her son saying she doesn’t seem “Angry Enough”.
The thing is, they want her to be angry at Muslims, but then react with their own anger if she was also angry at religious conservatives in Britain who are also anti-lgbt.
That’s their game, they try to whip up hate, but can’t quite figure out how to deal with it when somebody points out that they and radical Islamic clerics hate lgbts just the same.
Mandrake
This sort of vitriol is what social media encourages. It’s anonymous, requires no accountability, and so easily allows angry, bitter people to vent on others they don’t agree with.
BriBri
Social media is wretched at times! Some people just need to be slapped a few times! Walk a mile in my shoes I like to say!