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Smarmie Doofus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-03-10 11:19 AM Original message |
Is "bullying" the right word for what's happening to GLBT kids in school? |
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jwirr (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-03-10 11:26 AM Response to Original message |
1. IMO those pics on internet was a hate crime. nt |
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immoderate (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-03-10 11:57 AM Response to Reply #1 |
6. I don't see it as anti-gay as much as an attempt to humiliate... |
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JackBeck (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-03-10 12:43 PM Response to Reply #6 |
12. NJ has probably the strictest hate-crimes statutes in the country. |
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merqz (238 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-03-10 03:29 PM Response to Reply #1 |
22. Opinion is irrelevant w/o knowing the relevant case law in that state |
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msongs (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-03-10 11:29 AM Response to Original message |
2. religion is the source of most anti-glbt bullying IMO - as well as anti-girl bullying nt |
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LWolf (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-03-10 11:36 AM Response to Original message |
3. There are many subjects that are not taught, or barely recognized |
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Smarmie Doofus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-03-10 12:31 PM Response to Reply #3 |
9. You know that I know that you know that we are both appalled.. |
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LWolf (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-03-10 01:05 PM Response to Reply #9 |
14. You're right. |
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DirkGently (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-03-10 11:40 AM Response to Original message |
4. The kind of hounding behavior we're seeing is passively approved toward any kid with a perceived |
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Smarmie Doofus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-03-10 03:04 PM Response to Reply #4 |
20. They're both horrible. The difference is that the schools... |
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dsc (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-03-10 11:48 AM Response to Original message |
5. We are up to nine now |
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Smarmie Doofus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-03-10 12:56 PM Response to Reply #5 |
13. Those are the ones we KNOW about. |
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KurtNYC (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-03-10 12:27 PM Response to Original message |
7. I agree that it goes beyond bullying but teaching is not the best solution |
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Smarmie Doofus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-03-10 05:04 PM Response to Reply #7 |
26. It irks me that the agency that is supposed to *educate*, |
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Posteritatis (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-03-10 12:30 PM Response to Original message |
8. Your definition of "bullying" seems kind of rose-tinted. (nt) |
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JohnnyLib2 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-03-10 12:34 PM Response to Original message |
10. Labelling the behavior as bullying is useful, for now. |
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etherealtruth (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-03-10 12:36 PM Response to Original message |
11. Society sanctioned terror is more like it |
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rucky (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-03-10 01:13 PM Response to Original message |
15. It deserves the same special designation that other hate crimes get. |
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Cid_B (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-03-10 01:16 PM Response to Original message |
16. Bullying is bullying IMO |
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Smarmie Doofus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-03-10 01:43 PM Response to Reply #16 |
18. It's not the same. The schools teach that it is wrong... |
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Cid_B (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-03-10 02:06 PM Response to Reply #18 |
19. Does it matter that any of those you listed were homosexual? |
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Smarmie Doofus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-03-10 03:13 PM Response to Reply #19 |
21. Not in the least ! |
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merqz (238 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-03-10 03:32 PM Response to Reply #18 |
23. I was bullied in third grade |
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Initech (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-03-10 01:34 PM Response to Original message |
17. This is way beyond bullying. |
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brentspeak (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-03-10 03:46 PM Response to Original message |
24. Most "bullying" commited by kids against other kids -- gay or not -- are criminal acts |
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WeekendWarrior (849 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-03-10 04:24 PM Response to Original message |
25. I'd call it simple bigotry |
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MrScorpio (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-03-10 05:09 PM Response to Original message |
27. That kind of hounding is bullying at its core |
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alarimer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-03-10 05:24 PM Response to Original message |
28. Americans are the bullies of the world, if you think about it. |
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bobbolink (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-03-10 05:40 PM Response to Original message |
29. This behavior toward both gay and homeless kids is TERRORISM. |
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Smarmie Doofus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-03-10 09:25 PM Response to Reply #29 |
31. But shouldn't the schools be *doing* something to stop it? |
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bobbolink (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-03-10 09:48 PM Response to Reply #31 |
32. The schools have known this for a long time, and it was driven home by Columbine. |
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Angry Dragon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-03-10 06:18 PM Response to Original message |
30. Terrorism and hate crimes |
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applegrove (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-03-10 10:24 PM Response to Original message |
33. Hate Crimes and persecution. |
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