Showing posts with label bullying. Show all posts
Showing posts with label bullying. Show all posts
Tuesday, May 15, 2012
pennsylvania high school teacher records and distributes video of student with his transgender date, pokes fun, incites bullying
School teacher in Hannover, PA incited bullying by recording and distribution/screening video of student dancing with his transgender prom date to make fun of him. Students begin bullying him at direction of teacher. This is insane!
Saturday, May 12, 2012
Mitt Romney's partners in bullying come forward, speak to ABC News
Regarding the infamous bullying incident where Mitt Romney and friends held a gay classmate down in high school and cut his hair with scissors about which Romney laughs about when asked if he remembers... his bully friends come forward about the incident. Since Presidential candidate Romney who essentially fired his spokesman for being gay cannot remember the incident that he finds funny, his comrades discuss on ABC News.
Thursday, May 3, 2012
Zinnia analyzes the Dan Savage "controversy"
I truly love Zinnia Jones! I love so many of her videos. Granted, I cannot tell if she uses a script, but even if she does, her ideas are extremely well put together. I have never seen a video about anti-gay bigotry by hers that I didnt wholeheartedly agree with. I have not watched all of her videos, so I am not endorsing them as my opinion, but I am endorsing Zinnia as a speaker of truth in general.
In this video, Zinnia dissects the manufactured controversy, the pansy-assed reaction of the smiling/laughing kids who walked out (who were also "offended" supposedly except they were laughing). Watch!
In this video, Zinnia dissects the manufactured controversy, the pansy-assed reaction of the smiling/laughing kids who walked out (who were also "offended" supposedly except they were laughing). Watch!
Saturday, April 28, 2012
Christians walk out of phenomenal speech in utter shame
Dan Savage delivered an excellent speech called "Journalism on the Edge" at a National High School Journalism Convention event. Christian students walk out of speech in obvious shame when Savage begins discussing the utter hypocrisy in using the Bible to bully gay people while ignoring everything else unfavorable in the "holy" book about how to live. Crowds cheered in applause during key speaking points. Savage also addresses the students walking out pointing out how different it must feel when the bullies have their excuses ripped to pieces:
Bullying is never worthy of a defense whether you are a slaveowner or a gaybasher. Thats the message and it was not much of a stretch. Any Christian today would call the bible's approval of slave-ownership bullshit - Savage made a logical parallel and this was just too much to bear for a handful of kids. Why would they be so offended by his disapproval of using the bible as a weapon to bully others? Savage defended himself and all the gay kids in high school today in a way they may not be able to do for themselves. Generally, there isnt a giant gay population in any highschool and in many, there is one or two who are out. I applaud him.
But this is the thing: times are changing and tables are turning. Is this were any other human rights issue, it would probably get really ugly and potentially bloody. However, I seriously doubt gay people have the heart for that. Bitterness? Definitely, but revenge, not likely. We dont want to harm anyone but we will defend ourselves and if that requires calling a kettle black, then in my mind, its all good. The point of journalism as I see is to question ideas through communication. These kids who walked out didnt want to hear the idea at all and were extremely disrespectful to the presenter. Had he not referred to their behavior as "pansy assed" then the only thing people would upset about is his referring to the bible's immoral set of mores as such. What they did was cowardly, and though not my words, he clearly stated that.
The message was not hurt and cannot be hurt. The message is a step in our social process of becoming a civilized species - it will happen, because it must happen. Love conquers all, and it will. Those who cannot accept it, will be outcast an in my view that is whats starting to happen. The speech is an example of that. Evolving is not always fun for everyone. It certainly hasnt been all fun for gay folks over the last 50 years, and it probably wont be fun for anti-gay folks today and into the future. Bless their hearts!
Bullying is never worthy of a defense whether you are a slaveowner or a gaybasher. Thats the message and it was not much of a stretch. Any Christian today would call the bible's approval of slave-ownership bullshit - Savage made a logical parallel and this was just too much to bear for a handful of kids. Why would they be so offended by his disapproval of using the bible as a weapon to bully others? Savage defended himself and all the gay kids in high school today in a way they may not be able to do for themselves. Generally, there isnt a giant gay population in any highschool and in many, there is one or two who are out. I applaud him.
But this is the thing: times are changing and tables are turning. Is this were any other human rights issue, it would probably get really ugly and potentially bloody. However, I seriously doubt gay people have the heart for that. Bitterness? Definitely, but revenge, not likely. We dont want to harm anyone but we will defend ourselves and if that requires calling a kettle black, then in my mind, its all good. The point of journalism as I see is to question ideas through communication. These kids who walked out didnt want to hear the idea at all and were extremely disrespectful to the presenter. Had he not referred to their behavior as "pansy assed" then the only thing people would upset about is his referring to the bible's immoral set of mores as such. What they did was cowardly, and though not my words, he clearly stated that.
The message was not hurt and cannot be hurt. The message is a step in our social process of becoming a civilized species - it will happen, because it must happen. Love conquers all, and it will. Those who cannot accept it, will be outcast an in my view that is whats starting to happen. The speech is an example of that. Evolving is not always fun for everyone. It certainly hasnt been all fun for gay folks over the last 50 years, and it probably wont be fun for anti-gay folks today and into the future. Bless their hearts!
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