in the past week i have
written
rewritten
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copied
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my thoughts on the recent bullying epidemic. some posts were as long as college essays, some only two sentences. everything was touched on from gay rights to mental health issues, from personal stories to censorship. but i'm exhausted. exhausted from talking in circles, trying to express ideas that i believe are common sense (e.g. if god is love why do people carry signs saying god hates gays... and jews) or one of my favorite internal arguments about how i think it's ridiculous that women were not able to vote till 1920 and interracial couples were not able to legally marry till 1967. seriously nineteen sixty-seven. what the fuck america? but beyond that... what are my kids going say was ridiculous? how did it take you so long to...?
i digress. so for the sake of sparing you from my continued tangents i decided to share an expert from sarah silverman and a video from dan savage.
simple and true.
when you tell gay americans they can't serve their country openly or marry the person that they love, you're telling that to kids too. so don't be fucking shocked and wonder where all these bullies are coming from that are torchering young kids and driving them to kill themselves because they're different. they learned it from watching you.
~sarah silverman
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