PARTlClPAT3 - 2009

[dogdude84]

Re: PARTlClPAT3 - 2009

My high school had a pretty large group of people participate last year. I think the cause is worthwhile but not talking is a bad way of spreading a message. Maybe there should be a day of yelling.

LMFAO. I'm just picturing gay people yelling about being discriminated against.

IT'S NO FAIR THAT WE'RE NOT ACCEPTED! IT'S NOT A CHOICE!

haha, just screamin at people when they walk by, omg :P

[welsh_girl]

Re: PARTlClPAT3 - 2009

Good cause, but just like racisum and other things, it'll never go away because it'll be impossilbe the change like 6 billion peoples view on subjects like this.

[rzr]

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I can't stand how everyone says that them doing it won't do anything because it won't make a difference. If everyone else thought that way then nobody would ever do anything and we wouldn't get anywhere. Ever heard phrases like it only takes one snow flake to avalanche? It's true. If you start something and someone likes it or agrees with it then they jump on it and it's just a chain reaction. My school has 2,000 kids and about 400 of us do the silence. That's a pretty good percentage of people who can start that avalanche. And if you get your school and everyone gets their school going... You get my point. I'm done ranting, lol.

[welsh_girl]

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Has it actually worked though ?, have you ever changed someones mind about it ?

[rzr]

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Yeah. You get this big packet of little cards that say the same thing that on the one you're wearing except smaller. And you're supposed to like recruit people to wear them who aren't already and start the Day of Silence. I've gotten plenty of people to wear them. I mean, maybe I didn't necessarily "change" their minds. But, I could have influenced it towards the cause rather than against. Not counting in factors like the people who took my flyers could have been friend's just going along with it, someone who didn't follow/understand it, or people who are just jumping on the bandwagon.

[stretchypanda]

Re: PARTlClPAT3 - 2009

Hey, so, lots of people who stood up for something they believed in were ridiculed or ignored. Take a look at civil rights sit-ins. Those people had food thrown on them because they were sitting "where they shouldn't," and if they'd given up and left, we'd likely still have "colored" bathrooms.

Don't sit here like a wiener and say, "Oh, I believe this is good and right but I won't participate because no one here understands and they'd just be ignorant." Make them pay attention. People will continue to be ignorant as long as no one forces them to confront their misconceptions.

I've had kids do this. Unfortunately there was no explanation, just a piece of paper taped to t-shirts that said "DAY OF SILENCE," and I'm sure they'd have loved to explain to me why they were being quiet, but then they'd talk?

That said I hope you all participate so you'll shut up. =)

[rzr]

Re: PARTlClPAT3 - 2009

I'm going to make an FFR Day of Silence. To represent you don't post for the day. I'll try of do it at exactly 11:59, my time, so I don't post for the following day. But, I'd be interested in seeing people showing their silence in a new way. And as a celebration at the end of the day. Well, the night. Anyone wanna help me work on the idea of the celebration?

[Silver_Brian]

Re: PARTlClPAT3 - 2009

I kinda want to tell you to act your age.

he is.

[who_cares973]

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i have friends that say they're going to do it but i doubt they will


like i said before i'll participate

maybe

[Syhto]

Re: PARTlClPAT3 - 2009

yay [ep[;e ,aybe not participate

[funmonkey54]

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The point of participating though is to try to get the message out there that you shouldn't treat people with alternative sexualities different. You don't have to agree, that's simply you're opinion and as long as it's educated and you're still open minded, I thank you even if it conflicts with mine. Point is, you don't have to agree with the lifestyle, but do you agree with the idea they shouldn't be bashed or treated like sub-humans?

Personally I won't be doing this. I go to a Christian school, and there are a lot of ignorant people there. Plus I'm still in the closet and on thin ice as my friends say I act really gay @_@

Yes, yes. I realize that. But I do not agree that someone should be appraised or treated differently in a positive way for being homosexual either. If I were to participate in this, it would most likely be misconstrued and twisted into my support of the lifestyle in some way.

Being gay is like being retarded, it's something that happens in the fetus. I guess you don't condone retards? ;D

I don't believe homosexuality is something that happens in the fetus one bit. They have not fully proved it scientifically. If they are able to change some hormones in a dog or some other animal and make it homosexual, then I will believe it.

Also, retardation is not a lifestyle. Retardation is a disability. Do you consider homosexuality a disability? ;D

[Nyokou]

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I'm going to participate. Will go to Ben Franklin's Craft Store or something this weekend to pick up a shirt and write on it/draw on it, whatever, for the DOS. I agree with Jurs' views actually, both about love and speaking out about it instead of being silent.

I go to two schools - one school is nearer to the city of Richmond, older and filled mostly with African-Americans and other minorities. That school has an organized LGBT club and they participate in the DOS every year.

The other school I go to is filled with mostly white people - it's not very diverse, there aren't a lot of minorities and there's no organized club in the school for LGBT, even though there's a considerable amount of them including myself.

I'm going to spread the word there. You know, get people to actually do something like organize a club there or whatever because I can't do it myself as much as I'd like to. I don't have the time and organizing a club takes a lot of time.

[ooobl.]

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raping, torturing, and dismembering a Christian baby is also a choice.

lmfao, i love how you found it necessary to specifically mention it's a christian baby.
anyway i'm doing this. probably going to get shot though.
also my homeschool (where i don't go) has a GSA and they're probably going to do something for it, so maybe i'll go to that.

[fido123]

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Yes, yes. I realize that. But I do not agree that someone should be appraised or treated differently in a positive way for being homosexual either. If I were to participate in this, it would most likely be misconstrued and twisted into my support of the lifestyle in some way.

I agree that nobody should be appraised or treated any differently, but the point of it is for us to be treated just like everybody else. People may assume you support the lifestyle but that's just their ignorance. You could just make it clear you don't support the lifestyle yet think we should be treated like every other human.

I don't believe homosexuality is something that happens in the fetus one bit. They have not fully proved it scientifically. If they are able to change some hormones in a dog or some other animal and make it homosexual, then I will believe it.

There actually is such thing as homosexuality in animals. I think it's something that develops or you're born with. When I was a kid, all my friend were looking at porn, when they showed me, it hardly sparked an interest...I didn't even start masturbating until I was 15 and even then it was to gay thoughts but I kinda twisted it so it could be seen as strait. If I could be strait I could but it's basically the same as trying to get a strait guy aroused by gay porn, doesn't happen...I hope XD.

[Panic4Me]

Re: PARTlClPAT3 - 2009

Wow.. I'm surprised I haven't seen this thread yet. I made up my mind back in like January that I'd be participating this year and have been counting down the days. I think it'd be great if a lot of people actually got together and participated.