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Re: Teachers tell bullied kids to act less 'gay' - November 3rd 2011, 04:16 AM

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Originally Posted by JKmadu619 View Post
You know what I mean. Pants half falling down, 3 times oversized undershirt as the only shirt, likely fake or possibly stolen gold, bandana with skulls or something on it, and swearing a lot. If you get teased for somehow pretending to be either a rapstar or gang member, you kinda deserve it. It's in any middle/highschool across the country

?? Not once did I say anything about being 'gangster', you drew that merely from me mentioning racism against black people. And if someone is being bullied because they're black, and you immediately jump to 'it was probably their fault for acting so gangster'... well, let's just say it doesn't suprise me that you support the teachers in the case.

And while we're on the topic...

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no one who is gay really feels the need to wear bright pink everyday and fake a lisp.
What on earth do you mean fake lisp? I get it now, you think being gay means wearing pink all the time and being black means being a gangster, but I've never heard anyone say that a gay stereotype is a fake lisp. Poor children with lisps all across the country must be getting beat up by homophobes.

Also, let's say someone does decide to wear pink everyday (and that wearing pink is the international sign of 'I'm gay!')- why should that person have to wear more blacks and whites just to make sure some bullies don't humiliate, tease, or physically abuse them? Why should anyone have to pretend to be someone else to make sure bullies don't bully them? That's kind of terrible advice. The bullies are the problem. If you approach the topic of bullying with the advice:

"Hey, kids, now remember; bullying is bad... so don't be yourselves!"

You're already failing.


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