Comments on: Standing up to bullies is a job for adults http://www.washingtonblade.com/2010/10/14/standing-up-to-bullies-is-a-job-for-adults/ the gay community's news source Wed, 22 May 2013 09:04:28 +0000 hourly 1 By: Truelive http://www.washingtonblade.com/2010/10/14/standing-up-to-bullies-is-a-job-for-adults/#comment-6265 Truelive Fri, 22 Oct 2010 17:25:24 +0000 http://www.washingtonblade.com/?p=13595#comment-6265 Lets face it, Adults and those who can be trusted to resolve the issues facing kids, teens and young adults sit around with their index finger up their ASSES waiting for somebody else to do the job. IT REALLY DOESN’T BECOME A PROBLEM UNTIL IT HAPPENS TO THEM, THEIR KIDS, RELATIVES, FRIENDS, LOVERS OR Whatever! School Administrators, “PARENTS”, community organizations, law enforcement agencies and groups, local, state and federal enties are all being held responsible. By doing nothing makes you part of the problem and bulling is just a joke to be swept under the rug. “THEY’RE JUST BEING KIDS, HUH! ITS FUNNY UNTIL A LIFE IS LOST OR SOMEONE IS BADLY SCARRED FOR LIFE!

]]> By: Peter the saint http://www.washingtonblade.com/2010/10/14/standing-up-to-bullies-is-a-job-for-adults/#comment-6017 Peter the saint Sat, 16 Oct 2010 02:15:35 +0000 http://www.washingtonblade.com/?p=13595#comment-6017 The bullies on the offense, here and around the world, are bullying the kids and teens through bullying us, the ADULTS – see it?? So a couple of laws relating to kids and schools is INADEQUATE. They are a small, very small bandaid above many deep cuts that have turned a corner and become an infected abscess… Get it?!

Let’s face it: We are ALL being bullied, and it’s constant and it’s everyday, including the media. We adults have just learned to live with it, to compartmentalize it into a place where we tell ourselves “it’s THEIR loss… they just need to learn more about me… they’re just ignorant…” But EVERY single person, especially leaders, who place an LGBT person in a different or separate category about ANYTHING, is bullying us, old and young. And children and teens see everything – EVERYTHING – because they are always watching us, the “grown-ups” if we can call us that. They don’t miss anything, and they are watching us now: what are “the grown-ups” going to do about this new plight. Because obviously the kids just can’t take it anymore…

Either we pass laws against hate-speech, like they have in Europe, or else people will continue throwing their own hate speech back at the bullies. A bit cute at first, but it ain’t very pretty. Yes, the kids are watching (well, even participating)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bEpQ8fFQ7Rk&feature=player_embedded

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