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Post by avyquinn on Oct 1, 2010 12:24:44 GMT -6
Ellen is always the one to post stuff and speak out about stuff. I love her. www.facebook.com/#!/video/video.php?v=592846987806 In spite of the title of the video, this isn't just about being gay. It's about bullying and how it's a disease. It's not funny anymore and it's gotta stop. Please share this video with your friends and family!
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Post by Baka Neko on Oct 2, 2010 2:23:40 GMT -6
Okay, commence the crying again (man, I am crying a lot today...)
This is amazing. I love Ellen for doing this. I know how much it means to her and I know a lot of people that are gay/lesbian who I adore soo, soo much and I wish people could be open-minded and open-hearted to it.
It's so hard to see someone being put down because of it. and it hurts me inside, even though I may not be one of them. but I see the pain that my friends (who are) go through because of the world's view of hatred for it.
I love you - to all my friends who are gay and lesbian. I love you so much and no matter what you like, or what gender you like, or the way you act. you will always have a place in my heart. <3
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Post by avyquinn on Oct 2, 2010 2:31:57 GMT -6
Okay, commence the crying again (man, I am crying a lot today...) This is amazing. I love Ellen for doing this. I know how much it means to her and I know a lot of people that are gay/lesbian who I adore soo, soo much and I wish people could be open-minded and open-hearted to it. It's so hard to see someone being put down because of it. and it hurts me inside, even though I may not be one of them. but I see the pain that my friends (who are) go through because of the world's view of hatred for it. I love you - to all my friends who are gay and lesbian. I love you so much and no matter what you like, or what gender you like, or the way you act. you will always have a place in my heart. <3 *dabs eyes* Ellen is amazing. Thanks for your thoughts, Neko! <3
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Post by dyzzispell on Oct 2, 2010 10:20:34 GMT -6
I want to share this, because it's something a lot of people assume about me.
I am a Christian. In our world, in the media and such, we are portrayed as hating gays. Now, although there are groups out there like that, I am not only NOT a part of one, but I am against groups like that. I don't understand how such attitudes portray the love Jesus brought.
Yes, I may disagree with the lifestyle. But there's a lot of other things out there that people do that I believe are wrong too. There's a lot of stuff that I do that's wrong. Who am I to judge someone else, unless I am willing to be judged myself?
Point being, I believe God gave us the free will to choose him or ignore him. My job is simply to tell you about it, not force you to accept it. If God gave us all free will, then who am I, as another human, to take it away from anyone?
I have no problem with gays. I DO have a problem with the bullying - no matter what the reason. Like I said in the vent thread, my brother went through it. I am so sick of the "oh buck up, it's part of growing up" excuse. NO ONE should have to deal with bullying, no matter what the reason.
The question is, what do we do to help stop it? I want to help, but how? If anyone knows that answer, please tell me, because I really do want to help end it.
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Post by AllyKatt on Oct 2, 2010 10:42:33 GMT -6
bullying will never stop.
people will ALWAYS pick on people who are "different" - in whatever way - because it makes them feel insecure about their own differences.
the best we can do is to teach our own children {or peers, or friends, or kids we know} how to not take the teasing/bullying to heart. we can teach them that the words of such people mean less than nothing, teach them that their differences are not just ok - but are something to be admired. we can teach them that insults are the outward expression of a small mind, and that focusing on people's flaws or differences is harmful.
"awareness" is nice and all, but if you're not educating people, it really goes nowhere, and it's not worth it trying to educate bullying away. it will NEVER leave us.
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Post by Brixta Sparks on Oct 18, 2010 14:52:27 GMT -6
;( These events are very sad.
To think that some people get off on bullying others who are different from themselves. And for them to continue on with it, even when the ones that they bully start to take their lives....that's just wrong!
It's wrong to begin with!
Sure there might be people who are gay, lesbian, or bi, but that doesn't mean that they aren't still people! They still breath, they still have a beating heart, and they still feel pain!
I personally have nothing against homosexuality, because as long as everyone is happy, then it's all good. Being gay won't hurt others. It's not a disease that'll spread.
For those who have done the bullying (And I know that it's no one on this site, you're all too kind and loving <3) but it's time to stop playing playground games and grow up! Because you've got to live with the guilt that you pushed someone so far to the point that they took their life. That blood will never be washed away.
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Post by tynged on Nov 12, 2010 4:02:40 GMT -6
For the deaths mentioned in the video in the original post, there's a YouTube video chain of sorts going on where the vloggers keep saying "It gets better." Uh, after today's news I kind of think they're lying. 14-year-old Samantha Kelly killed herself after being bullied for pressing rape charges against an 18-year-old schoolmate. Now that she's dead, the persecution is dropping the charges. That does not sound like a world that is getting better. It's all well to say she should have had someone encourage her to be more secure or thick-skinned or courageous or whatever (even if I couldn't personally imagine going through what she could have, and lasting as long, and I'm downright obstinate!) but why is there no pursuit of justice, or even understanding, to see here? I mean, look at how the school authorities compassionately and strategically sprung into action: Well maaaybe the bullies noticed that you were walking behind her, Mr Principal! *facepalm* How else did they investigate, did school authorities go around asking students if they were being mean? I'm starting to think that just not taking it to heart, isn't enough- the principal's and prosecution's efforts show how much they didn't take this case to heart, and I'd consider negligence like that a kind of bullying. We can't straighten out a tangle of apathy and ignorance by applying more apathy and willful ignorance...
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Post by avyquinn on Nov 12, 2010 14:24:42 GMT -6
For the deaths mentioned in the video in the original post, there's a YouTube video chain of sorts going on where the vloggers keep saying "It gets better." What I got from the 'It gets better videos' (if we're thinking about the same ones) is that they actually mean ' don't give up, life won't always be the way it is now and things will get better'. Now the only vids I've seen from this 'it gets better campaign' were having to do with homosexuality and the like, and by association, bullying. Life gets better if you let it but there's a few that slip through the cracks and have NO support to be given the opportunity to realize that it will. Shit is still going to be shitty, but it's how you DEAL that makes all the difference. As for poor Samantha - what a terrible thing. Problems aren't going to get solved overnight, and when your world is so small, like the world of a single individual, these problems are that much worse. I just have to shake my head that something wasn't done to prevent Samantha from taking her own life - or even signs that something was terribly terribly wrong. Often school officials don't bother to know much more than what they're paid to know. You're right, willing ignorance FTL. Some go that extra mile, but more often than not, and just like the rest of the general population, there's not an active participation in the matters that matter to these individuals. In this case it seems that there's a he said she said sort of thing going on between the school and the mother. That's sad. Sigh. What a mess.
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Post by avyquinn on Nov 12, 2010 14:27:27 GMT -6
I personally have nothing against homosexuality, because as long as everyone is happy, then it's all good. Being gay won't hurt others. It's not a disease that'll spread. Just a funny little perspective... My sister and her partner have been together almost 20 years and her partner (Nancy) always used to tell me that her theory why homosexuality exists is because it's one of the ways mother nature deals with population control and that she never ever wanted to have kids. This was years ago she said this, mind you. Now they have two kids. XD XD
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