Bully

[tinhuviel]

I am 100% sympathetic with members of the GLBT being bullied, but I take issue with the inclination of the public acting like they are the only ones who are or have ever been bullied. Here is a most-decidedly incomplete list of people who have been or are bullied:

• "fat" kids (I know this firsthand and in SPADES)


• small kids


• poor kids


• shy kids


• the sports-challenged


• kids who have developed faster than others (this more-often applies to girls whose breasts are very developed)


• kids who aren't as "smart" as their contemporaries


• "geeks," "nerds," and other kids who are "smarter" than their contemporaries


• non-xtians

I implore the media to give these kids equal time to the gay kids who are mercilessly bullied by those who feel they are entitled to do so. If you don't, there is an absolute certainty that another Columbine will happen in the future, when kids bullied beyond their capacity to deal decide to turn the gun on those other than themselves.

Think for godssake.

Comments

[polypolyglot.livejournal.com]

I'm not sure if I told you that I was active in GLBT politics, particular Bi politics, back in the late 90's. The things that turned me off were, as you noted, the attitude that "we're the most [or only] bullied/disenfranchised group that should matter to you" and a couple of the leaders being more concerned with who was portrayed in media (and online) as more active. It was no longer about reality, but perception.

[tinhuviel.livejournal.com]

It's sad when a cause you care about and are involved in working actively in is damaged by such shenanigans. I was the same about about PETA. I was an active member in the organisation in the early 90s because, as you know, I care about animals. I had to leave the group because they ended up being crazy as fuck. And, essentially, that's what they're primarily known for to this day, not for the benefit and defense of animals. Pisses me right off when a group does something like that, so I feel your pain.

[polypolyglot.livejournal.com]

I think that I've really come to terms with a) I'm not really a group person and that even labeling myself a "gregarious loner" is stretching it; and b) most groups are, regardless of good intentions, crazy as fuck and run by assholes who arrogate themselves as heroes.

[tinhuviel.livejournal.com]

AMEN