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[IrishRua]

Tomorrow is the Day Of Silence, a student-led day of action, where thousands of students take a vow of silence to bring attention to the harassment (in effect, the silencing) experienced by LGBT students and their allies.

I'm just wondering will anyone be participating in the cause this year, or have any of you guys participated in it before? What are you general thoughts on it, do you thinks it's effective enough?

http://www.dayofsilence.org/

 

[Safe_Bet]

Tomorrow is the Day Of Silence, a student-led day of action, where thousands of students take a vow of silence to bring attention to the harassment (in effect, the silencing) experienced by LGBT students and their allies.

I'm just wondering will anyone be participating in the cause this year, or have any of you guys participated in it before? What are you general thoughts on it, do you thinks it's effective enough?

http://www.dayofsilence.org/

They didn't have anything like this back when I was in in school, sadly. We just got the "pleasure" of being ostracized (at best) or beat up or killed (at worst).

That's why I think things like this are so important because the remind people that all is NOT right in the world and that LGBTQ rights are simply human rights which are not allowed us.

BTW, the DOS is on April 15th, this year (tomorrow, not today)

 

[IrishRua]

They didn't have anything like this back when I was in in school, sadly. We just got the "pleasure" of being ostracized (at best) or beat up or killed (at worst).

That's why I think things like this are so important because the remind people that all is NOT right in the world and that LGBTQ rights are simply human rights which are not allowed us.

BTW, the DOS is on April 15th, this year (tomorrow, not today)

My mistake, you're right, my dates are all mixed up.

It's extremely upsetting to think that people are treated so horrifically because of their sexuality, the worst I've gotten is some name calling, but to physically harm someone because of it? Disgraceful.

 

[CJontherocks]

I sad that I don't have any classes today.

I'm sadder that this was not publicized at my UW campus.

 

[none2_none2]

One thing I've noticed a bit more over the last few years is a different tactic to silence people on LGBT issues. Instead of the "sin" approach or the "gross/unnatural" approach it is more that LGBT people are well off/selfish people that put their desires ahead of more important issues. Things like:

The basic structure is:

1) Our ____________ is facing __________ and all you LGBT's can think if is about your right to ___________________. How selfish can you be.


First blank filled in by some entity like city/state/nation/world, etc.

Second blank is filled with hordes of dire issues such as:
economic crisis
government budget crisis
energy crisis
war or disabled veterans issues
life threatening or health issues such as:
health care costs, childhood diseases, medical marijuana, cancer, etc...
world hunger
some international issue:
Libya, Palestinians, Tibetan independence, global warming, etc
etc...

The third blank is filled in with some LGBT issue that is made to out to be selfish and trivial
get married and have tax breaks
DADT
show affection in public
wear gender specific clothing
hold a LGBT parade
etc

It makes you want to slap them in the face because we all know damn well that very few human beings spend every single moment finding a fix for world hunger, world peace, childhood diseases, economic down turns, or for that matter any other doomsday catastrophic events such as the proposed 2012, super volcanoes, asteroid hits, or gamma rays. What few MAY do that also don't spend their time online finding the time to put down LGBT aspirations.

You know that these people probably watch TV, drink, have sex, gamble, party, and do a host of selfish things, but all that is ok because it doesn't interfere with whatever altruistic things that they claim to spend time on. Yet even the smallest attempt for LGBT rights is all about selfishness.

Such assholes make me long for the old fashion anti-LGBT'ers.

 

[Stella_Omega]

none2, that's the other version of the starving children in africa argument.

 

[none2_none2]

none2, that's the other version of the starving children in africa argument.

Well the real problem is me. I shouldn't let crap like this bother me.

I must be going through male menopause, the pain in my neck I'm dealing with or maybe just becoming an old asshole. I don't know why, but it seams that sometimes I feel like going postal. (Not to the point of guns, but a baseball bad might be nice. )

To give you an example (not sexual at all), there was a horrible accident where a car driven by young guy crossed a grass median and killed himself as well as a 5 year old child in the crossover head-on. This is a good road with four lanes and a wide grass median. All these people online are calling for a barrier. Nothing is being said about how this road is full of drunks, texters, talkers, and speeders: 80, 90, 90+ mph. (Its like an Autobahn.) I'm the asshole for saying the road is safe, but it is the drivers that aren't and the law should crack down on them. We have many more roads that are inherently dangerous in design (lack of shoulder, blind curves, roller coaster hills, etc. Still, I'm the asshole for not going along with the crowd and saying put up a barrier no matter the cost is when the real problem is reckless driving. Sure the details are not known yet, and maybe this particular guy had mechanical issues. Most of the time when people complain about law enforcement online for this road, the biggest complaint is the police not enforcing the law that makes slower vehicles stay in the right lane so they can go faster. So in my mind, they don't really care about safety, they just want the status quo of law breaking but in a "safer" way. What would these other areas give just to be fortunate enough to have a four lane road in the first place, and here are these people that have one and it isn't good enough. It pisses me off big time. Why I don't know. It isn't my child. I'm not complaining about taxes. Still I'm angry.

Anyway, I need to stop taking things so personally whether it is local politics or gay rights. What really matters is I'm alive, I'm not starving, no one I love is starving including my animals, and I'm blessed to have the same guy put up with my shit for 8.5+ years. Many people have more important issues than I do. I'm not dismissing what I think is wrong and should be fixed -- including gay rights. It is just that I need a reality check like found the serenity prayer. The best part being the tail end: "... Grant me the serenity to accept the things I cannot change." Maybe serenity comes with a maturity has eluded me all my life.