Have I ever mentioned that I HATE HYPCRATES?!

[pataloca0204]

Cause it is so true that it's disgusting. I got into an argument with a 16-year-old coworker today because of his blatant homophobia. As a matter of fact, our conversation started because he blurted out "I am a homophobe." So I hit him, because 1) that is amazingly disrespectful, and 2) we are working with a group of 20 or so 8-year-olds. I then

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[mariallegra]

Thank you for handing him his ass; it gets damn tiring for we vile homosexuals to do that all the time. ;)

I hate people too. In an amiable sort of way. ;)

[pataloca0204]

I'm sure it is. I don't know how "you people" do it all the time. ;)

The only right way of hating any large group of anything HAS to be amiable, right? :D

[mariallegra]

Sometimes, you just have to pretend you didn't hear anything, or you'll never be on time anywhere and you might get yourself arrested. ;)

It's the best way, yes, and if more people used it I wouldn't need to hate them! ;)

[mariallegra]

I'm eight months off being a kid, and I know too well how they operate and how absolutely miserable the omnipresence of homophobic shit can make a kid in the closet, so, even though I believe in nonviolence and I've never hit a person in my life, this story makes me grin and it makes me feel grateful

[mariallegra]

I'm eighteen, and I'm really hoping that last sentence was a simple misunderstanding and not condescension.

Kids repeat shit; kids of all backgrounds repeat shit. Being violent in front of eight-year-olds is not good for them. But Emily was not the first one who did something harmful in front of impressionable children that could cause harm if repeated. If I were a parent, I, yes, would flip out if I knew my child's staff were whacking each other on the job. I'd flip out harder if I knew they were spewing homophobia.

I believe that beliefs that hurt people should be challenged whenever possible. It's not about attacking people and depriving them of their freedom; it's about stopping them from doing that to innocent people. There are people who think I deserve to fucking die. It is not ignorance to be loudly appalled by that.