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April 25 - National Day of Silence

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Old 04-27-2008, 02:02 AM   #61 (permalink)
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Yes, I am well aware. It's why I started this thread.
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Actually, I consider their plight worthy of an organized protest, called Day of Silence. That's why I started this thread.

How sad that this organised protest was restricted to only one raison d'etre for bullying whilst ignoring all the others.
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My pleasure.

It's no effort to demonstrate that this abortive "Day of silence" was misguided and bigoted.
Thank you!
And please, do carry on.

Like those kids with their anti-gay graffiti, you are doing nothing but aiding our cause.
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Old 04-27-2008, 02:05 AM   #63 (permalink)
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Thank you!
And please, do carry on.

Like those kids with their anti-gay graffiti, you are doing nothing but aiding our cause.


How predictable that you should take such a contrarian view of simple logic, and stay up so late to propagate it.
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How sad that this organised protest was restricted to only one raison d'etre for bullying whilst ignoring all the others.
How sad? That is a great question.
Is it so sad that you will DO something about it?

As I told you yesterday, and PN this morning, there is nothing stopping you from organizing your own demonstration to further your cause.

Nothing, save your own inertia.
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Old 04-27-2008, 02:09 AM   #65 (permalink)
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Perhaps you should address that comment to your colleague when she wrote:

"When the goal is simply to raise public awareness of an issue, there is no such thing as bad publicity."

Or are you into selective reality?

Man?
Perhaps you should pose it to her yourself?

And perhaps you should admit that your statement was erroneous?
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Old 04-27-2008, 02:11 AM   #66 (permalink)
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Thank you!
And please, do carry on.

Like those kids with their anti-gay graffiti, you are doing nothing but aiding our cause.


How predictable that you should take such a contrarian view of simple logic, and stay up so late to propagate it.
How predictable that you should respond to every last post I make, while furthering our cause in the process!

Don't pretend to worry about my rest.
I will get to bed as soon as my family is home safe and sound.
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Old 04-27-2008, 02:17 AM   #67 (permalink)
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Perhaps you should pose it to her yourself?
He already tried to pose it to me, with his silly strawman suggestion about beating up overweight kids.

The Day of Silence participants were very orderly and respectful by all accounts. The protestors were the ones demonstrating bad behavior with their graffiti and class-cutting.

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Deekers, you may be the person who has discovered gary's true nature the fastest. Two posts. Well done, sir! In the time I have known him, gary has never once admitted any fault, large or small, even when it was plain for all to see, like the one you just spotted.

And I would also like to welcome you to our forum. I can see that you are a thoughtful and intelligent person, and I look forward to discussing things with you!
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Deekers, you may be the person who has discovered gary's true nature the fastest. Two posts. Well done, sir! In the time I have known him, gary has never once admitted any fault, large or small, even when it was plain for all to see, like the one you just spotted.
Well, I just admitted an error on my part to him in another thread, so maybe he'll get the hint. We can hope.

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And I would also like to welcome you to our forum. I can see that you are a thoughtful and intelligent person, and I look forward to discussing things with you!
Thank you, and I just wanted to let you know that I was VERY proud of the student and the staff that I work with at my school for their strong support of the National Day of Silence.

I look forward to discussing with you the arguments in favor of allowing same-sex couples to marry, and to dismantling the claims of those poor victims, whose privileged establishment we are so violently "attacking." Down with marriage! Huzzah!

Ahem. Sorry about that. I just get a little carried away when people suggest that asking to be included in their civil protections and privileged status is "attacking" those protections and privileges.
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Old 04-27-2008, 09:19 AM   #69 (permalink)
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What most shocks me about this is that students actually protested AGAINST the day? Do they mean to say that they believe it's okay to beat up gay kids? What sort of people are they? What sort of person thinks it's acceptable to beat someone up?
Maybe they just think that gay students getting bullied isn't worthy of dedicated attention since the real issue is that NO kids should get bullied. It may appear to those in protest that you're saying gay kids getting bullied is somehow worse than a kid getting bullied because he can't play basketball. Bullying is bullying.

Automatically assuming that those in protest think it's OK for gay kids to get bullied is a prime example of one-dimensional thinking.
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I'd feel you were quite silly and misguided, since no one is bullied for being heterosexual.
They sure are if they suck at sports!
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