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10 April, 2003 - 3:48am — JB

Well, I had no intentions of being silent today for day of silence, to me, the whole Idea only serves to further make the heterosexual majority make victims out of us. By us being "silent" it says "look at me, i'm, a helpless fruit, look at me, I am so repressed" or "no one likes me because I am gay" some people just don't like you.

My day of silence was caused buy a sore throat and stuffed up silence. I called in sick to work, as my job requires me to talk to americans for eight hours a day. I stayed home, reformated my computer... (lost eveyrthing includeing IM list) I never said a word to anyone. Because I was sick, and my throat hurt to talk. That my day of silence.

also, some people are better off silent.

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10 April, 2003 - 7:00am — Leisa
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I agree, some people are defi

I agree, some people are definately better off silent.

Chief Political Right Hand Woman to Ceo, Founder and First Member of The Movement to Free Oompa Loompa Land from the Tryanicall Capitalsitic Despot Willy Wonka

10 April, 2003 - 7:51am — suffragettecity
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I agree that a "Day of Silenc

I agree that a "Day of Silence" only makes it easier for homophobes to bash gays, as if to say "Okay, you can say whatever you want and I ain't gonna do nothin' about it!" It's only a statement against homophobia as far as gays are concerned, but for homophobes, it's an opportunity for them to make whatever bigoted comments they want to and not be challenged; it does nothing to challenge the status quo.

Most prejudiced people have neither the courage nor intelligence to confront their prejudice and bigotry, and the only way to make them think is to actively challenge them. Taking shit from people like that challenges and changes nothing.

10 April, 2003 - 7:55am — suffragettecity
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I agree that a "Day of Silenc

I agree that a "Day of Silence" only makes it easier for homophobes to bash gays, as if to say "Okay, you can say whatever you want and I ain't gonna do nothin' about it!" It's only a statement against homophobia as far as gays are concerned, but for homophobes, it's an opportunity for them to make whatever bigoted comments they want to and not be challenged; it just reinforces the status quo.

Most prejudiced people have neither the courage nor intelligence to confront their prejudice and bigotry, and the only way to make them think is to actively challenge them. Taking shit from them changes nothing.

10 April, 2003 - 7:57am — suffragettecity
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I agree that a "Day of Silenc

I agree that a "Day of Silence" only makes it easier for homophobes to bash gays, as if to say "Okay, you can say whatever you want and I ain't gonna do nothin' about it!" It's only a statement against homophobia as far as gays are concerned, but for homophobes, it's an opportunity for them to make whatever bigoted comments they want to and not be challenged; it just reinforces the status quo.

Most prejudiced people have neither the courage nor intelligence to pre-emptively confront their prejudice and bigotry, and the only way to make them think is to actively challenge them. Taking shit from them changes nothing.