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Post by neem on Apr 13, 2005 18:24:02 GMT -5
Today was the National Day of Silence. People were silent to reconize the silence of gays, lesbians, bisexuals, and others. A lot of my friends were shirts that said "Silenced... for the last time". People who participated did not speak at all except to teachers and administrators because of the teachers and administrators meanness.
I think I'm going to participate in it next year. It was very sad to see some people be blatant jerks and teachers ignore it.
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Post by Aryez on Apr 13, 2005 19:44:26 GMT -5
People in my school held up cards stating they were doing that. Teachers started off class by asking students if they were going to be silent. It was all done very nicely. However, I cannot function a day without speaking and I do not wish to take an active political stance in a classroom.
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Post by timjr on Apr 13, 2005 20:36:51 GMT -5
I don't get it.
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Post by neem on Apr 13, 2005 20:49:41 GMT -5
What don't you get?
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Post by Xon on Apr 14, 2005 10:53:40 GMT -5
How silence is supposed to help. And not just for this but for any cause.
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Post by csmith on Apr 14, 2005 13:11:58 GMT -5
I think the idea is that gays, lesbians, and bisexuals have kept their mouths shut and not complained about the prejudice our culture has against them, so we are recognizing that silence by imitating it.
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Post by neem on Apr 14, 2005 14:35:39 GMT -5
Yeah. It's supposed to make people aware of how they are being oppressed.
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Post by Aryez on Apr 14, 2005 15:17:07 GMT -5
Silence is never the answer though, Xon has a point.
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Post by admin on Apr 14, 2005 15:37:43 GMT -5
they are just making a statement and making the cause known. along the lines of hunger strikes and sit-ins. it shows a devotion to a worthy cause that may make some people take note... and that is what a protester wants.
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Post by Bartholomew Henzelli on Apr 14, 2005 16:42:31 GMT -5
Why was I not informed of this?
Oh....right....I go to a school where 90% of the population is redneck white people who think blacks, mexicans, gays, and anybody NOT methodist/lutheran/baptist is sent by the devil...and the other 10%?? We've all been accepted at big-name, private universities so we can leave this fetid dung heap of a community. Out of that 90%, 99% are going to work on the family farm because they have such massive aspirations....
I'll be silent next year. I promise.
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Post by csmith on Apr 14, 2005 17:07:10 GMT -5
No, we have illegal immigrants to do those jobs.
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Post by neem on Apr 14, 2005 17:08:44 GMT -5
Yeah... as my Spanish teacher says, "that's the jobs for those immigrants!" I find it funny that her husband is an immigrant but hey...
Anyways, it was a National Day so some of my friends in other schools said that they noticed people doing it. Nate, did anyone in Mehlville do it?
I like how some stupid people were allowed to say bad things about gay people and teachers totally didn't do anything about it. Just shows how tolerant people are...
And, I think silence is a better answer than doing nothing at all. Next year... it's on
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Post by csmith on Apr 14, 2005 17:09:02 GMT -5
Oh, I just read an article about the Day of Silence in the city near me. It said that the reason people are silent is to recognize the fact that gays, lesbians, and bisexuals are not able to express themselves because of cultural prejudice, etc.
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Post by csmith on Apr 14, 2005 17:12:16 GMT -5
I'll definitely participate next year. I go to a suburban school with a very homoegenous student body, and surprisingly, our student body has proven to be very receptive to such initiatives in the past. A friend of mine got all the girls to wear black for the Women in Black group (see www.womeninblack.net/ for more info), and I wouldn't be surprised if I could get a bunch of people to participate in this. Keep me posted, President Neem. |
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Post by neem on Apr 14, 2005 17:12:34 GMT -5
Exactly!
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