Bachmann's America

[Captain Jack Harkness]

I finally forced myself to finish the damn thing. I... I still can't describe how I feel... my stomach is twisting, my heart is aching, and the urge to cry is irresistible.

Why can't they just leave us alone?

Because humans are bastards. We're hardwired to be assholes to anyone not like us. There's a reason I like dogs more than most humans, they don't care who you are. Male or female, straight or gay, tall or short, young or old, Gandhi or Hitler, they will love you regardless.

There's even a TV Tropes page pointing out just how much humans are bastards, although they exclude RL examples to avoid flame wars.

[Lithp]

Actually, a good deal of perfectly usable blood will be lost. But otherwise, yeah.

It's probably acid.

It was the most depressing sentence of the article by far, the reason that the story is so far removed from all of the other fucked up stories about teen suicide, living in its own category of horrifying first-hand accounts, and it's a sentence that is never going to leave my mind.

Oh, that was FAR from the only phrase that was like that in this article.

Why can't they just leave us alone?

Honestly, same reason the kids are killing themselves. The fact that the authority figures have created this mess causes kids to internalize it as "gay is bad." For the kids who are or are perceived of as being gay, this means they feel worthless & depressed. For the kids doing the abusing, it makes them feel justified in what they are doing.

There are other factors, & that hardly absolves them, but seriously, fuck Michelle Bachman & Barb Anderson. What arguably pisses me off the most is that the lawsuit is only designed to get monetary compensation & change the system, because that's all they can do. But, if you ask me, some of these--people--are getting away with murder.

[Askold]

Their response to the wave of suicides... After claiming there was no link to bullying, that is.

Just to be on the safe side, however, the district held PowerPoint presentations in a handful of schools to train teachers how to defend gay students from harassment while also remaining neutral on homosexuality. One slide instructed teachers that if they hear gay slurs – say, the word "fag" – the best response is a tepid "That language is unacceptable in this school." ("If a more authoritative response is needed," the slide added, the teacher could continue with the stilted, almost apologetic explanation, "In this school we are required to welcome all people and to make them feel safe.") But teachers were, of course, reminded to never show "personal support for GLBT people" in the classroom.

AAAAARGH! VOI JEESUKSEN PERSEEN VISVASYYLÄ! Why didn't the computers melt when they typed that?! JUMALAUTA! Is that the best they can do?! SAATANAN KUSIPÄÄT!

That article was horrifying and it just kept getting worse page after page. Even after they were forced to change their policy they still didn't learn, they just came up with a new name and slightly watered down rules. And even that made people complain about "gay activists getting it all." PERKELE!

ATTACHMENT: THE NEW POLICY

[StallChaser]

There are other factors, & that hardly absolves them, but seriously, fuck Michelle Bachman & Barb Anderson. What arguably pisses me off the most is that the lawsuit is only designed to get monetary compensation & change the system, because that's all they can do. But, if you ask me, some of these--people--are getting away with murder.

It should be no less than wrongful death lawsuits against the fundies on the school board and any positively identified bullies (and their parents).

[QueenofHearts]

I lost it several times - first when Justin took the plunge because....well, I knew it was coming but I wanted to hope he'd end up being one of the lucky ones...his mom and my mom share a name... I lost it again when his kid brother almost killed himself "to be with big bro again" and the story at the end reminded me of something I read in a child development text about a boy "wanting to be the kind of son his parents would love, to have friends, and to not be sad all the time

This part churned my stomach and brought me to tears. Even 8 hours after reading it when I was at work, I remembered that line and had to find a place to sneak off to so I could regain my composure  :'( :'(

[Shane for Wax]

askold's so upset he's devolved into speaking Finnish.

[TenfoldMaquette]

I say we hurl all of the people responsible for this monstrosity into the sun. What a bunch of poisonous, despicable bastards. That these people can live with themselves after witnessing the end result of their actions - and that they have the bold-faced temerity to try and distance themselves from taking responsibility - is horrific. They're paying for the indulgence of their own ignorance with the lives of little kids, and they have the gall to whine about it?!

Fuck this, and fuck them.

[Witchyjoshy]

askold's so upset he's devolved into speaking Finnish.

devolved?

[deadpandoubter]

I lost it several times - first when Justin took the plunge because....well, I knew it was coming but I wanted to hope he'd end up being one of the lucky ones...his mom and my mom share a name... I lost it again when his kid brother almost killed himself "to be with big bro again" and the story at the end reminded me of something I read in a child development text about a boy "wanting to be the kind of son his parents would love, to have friends, and to not be sad all the time"

If I ever meet Bachmann, or ANY of the worthless trash responsible on the street - the results will not be televised (jaw ripping at a minimum, beating them with their broken jaw is likely). Like I said in the IRC - not even an angry dimension will cover this one - you need to create an entire new iteration of reality and step inside it.

...well, you know, Samson did beat the shit out of hundreds of Palestinians with the jawbone of an ass. I'm sure you can do the same to these fuckheads. >.>

[Jodie]

Fuck Bachmann and her Terror State. Seriously, just fuck them.

[Shane for Wax]

askold's so upset he's devolved into speaking Finnish.

devolved?

Yes. I may be using an outdated definition tho and couldn't grasp the current term. I did not mean it in a negative manner. I am having trouble with words right now. :C

[Witchyjoshy]

askold's so upset he's devolved into speaking Finnish.

devolved?

Yes. I may be using an outdated definition tho and couldn't grasp the current term. I did not mean it in a negative manner. I am having trouble with words right now. :C

No no, I was making a funny because I dislike English despite it being my primary language :V

It wasn't meant as a thing against you.

[Shane for Wax]

Fairy Nuff.

[gyeonghwa]

askold's so upset he's devolved into speaking Finnish.

devolved?

Yes. I may be using an outdated definition tho and couldn't grasp the current term. I did not mean it in a negative manner. I am having trouble with words right now. :C

No no, I was making a funny because I dislike English despite it being my primary language :V

It wasn't meant as a thing against you.

But but English! What other languages can you use the word "fuck" as an infix!

[Lithp]

I'm waiting for someone to try to tell me that all of these people were actually from some other town/state/country & just moved there recently. It seems to be every Fundie's defense of persecution.