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Old 11-17-2009, 09:24 PM   #6
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Originally Posted by Delkaetre View Post
I'm kind of wondering about the bullying from kids in school- seriously, what sort of way are they being raised that taking a principled stand against what's a pretty useless and mindless bit of repetition needs to be answered with homophobic bullying? They're ten or eleven years old, so there's a very good chance that a lot of their opinions and behaviour are still directly influenced by teachers and parents. It seems... unhealthy.
I know people like this, I went to school with them and I hear them spouting their political beliefs at any given chance. The religious right (especially the Bush administration) have rather successfully bred hate and ignorance in a rather large segment of the American population, especially in the South. These kind of people are generally homophobic and they see action such as refusing the pledge as being the same as spitting on the flag.
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