Hmmm, I wonder if Uganda will experience some extreme weather?
I participated in many pride weekend events and parades in San Francisco in my twenties (30 years ago). A lot of fun! I'm a woman, and mostly the men were into the kink. But even for me, to see a whole elementary school celebrating pride is strange. Most people aren't gay (or …
Hmmm, I wonder if Uganda will experience some extreme weather?
I participated in many pride weekend events and parades in San Francisco in my twenties (30 years ago). A lot of fun! I'm a woman, and mostly the men were into the kink. But even for me, to see a whole elementary school celebrating pride is strange. Most people aren't gay (or trans), so I don't understand why everyone would be celebrating it. It seems forced, and since the trans joined very extreme and part of an agenda. I really don't like seeing the trans triangle on the gay pride flag.
I do appreciate anti-bullying messages because more kids are growing up with gay parents and hopefully that helps reduce bullying.
It is actually making it worse for "regular" gay folks (from what I have seen in middle and high school). I asked my daughter why her "normal" male gay friend - just a cool dude who happens to be gay - was being bullied. Like, isn't everybody totally woke at that school (and town) as I see all the flags and yard signs at the school and in many people's yards, and all the pride events, inclusion assemblies, etc? She was like, it is all fake, but they can't bully the outward weirdo fringe, so the boys basically make old school comments to him without any repercussions. It's like how men who are "trans women" now get more protections than me, an actual woman. It's perverse (in so many ways).
I understand what you're saying, and I think it's a matter of degree. Some people are bullied to the point of being traumatized, then they act out that trauma as adults. You had the resiliency to mature from the people who believed you, and that is great. I wonder if you were bullied to the extent that you were beat severely, or cruelly demoralized day in and day out. That's the degree of bullying that needs to be monitored and curtailed in my view. I don't see a problem with teaching tolerance and kindness as anti-bullying.
I had some kids pick on me for a couple months in middle school. I just kept ignoring them and they lost interest. I never thought of that as bullying. I didn't get beat up or molested or groped. That would have had a different effect on me.
I agree with a moderate approach to how schools handle bullying. It has gotten way too extreme. My 8 year old daughter was reported as a bully to the principal by a classmate. I had a string of texts where that girl was the horrible bully (including death threats), and I told my daughter to block her and have only superficial contact with her in school bc they were in the same class. I didn't make a report. I handled it. Over time when my daughter wouldn't engage, the girl got angry/jealous whatever and used the "b" word to the principal (I am quoting him.). Hence a full scale HIB investigation by the school, then the administration, and then presented to the school board. WTF? After the HIB charge was lodged, I showed the texts (about which I got no direct response). The charge was deemed unfounded, but I doubt anything happened to the girl (for certain reasons I will not say). Again, a perversion of the protections that are meant for true situations worthy of intervention.
Hmmm, I wonder if Uganda will experience some extreme weather?
I participated in many pride weekend events and parades in San Francisco in my twenties (30 years ago). A lot of fun! I'm a woman, and mostly the men were into the kink. But even for me, to see a whole elementary school celebrating pride is strange. Most people aren't gay (or trans), so I don't understand why everyone would be celebrating it. It seems forced, and since the trans joined very extreme and part of an agenda. I really don't like seeing the trans triangle on the gay pride flag.
I do appreciate anti-bullying messages because more kids are growing up with gay parents and hopefully that helps reduce bullying.
It is actually making it worse for "regular" gay folks (from what I have seen in middle and high school). I asked my daughter why her "normal" male gay friend - just a cool dude who happens to be gay - was being bullied. Like, isn't everybody totally woke at that school (and town) as I see all the flags and yard signs at the school and in many people's yards, and all the pride events, inclusion assemblies, etc? She was like, it is all fake, but they can't bully the outward weirdo fringe, so the boys basically make old school comments to him without any repercussions. It's like how men who are "trans women" now get more protections than me, an actual woman. It's perverse (in so many ways).
I understand what you're saying, and I think it's a matter of degree. Some people are bullied to the point of being traumatized, then they act out that trauma as adults. You had the resiliency to mature from the people who believed you, and that is great. I wonder if you were bullied to the extent that you were beat severely, or cruelly demoralized day in and day out. That's the degree of bullying that needs to be monitored and curtailed in my view. I don't see a problem with teaching tolerance and kindness as anti-bullying.
I had some kids pick on me for a couple months in middle school. I just kept ignoring them and they lost interest. I never thought of that as bullying. I didn't get beat up or molested or groped. That would have had a different effect on me.
Good points, I do get what you're saying.
Kicked repeatedly in the balls, yikes! 🥴 Did you tell your parents about this kind of thing? If so, how did they respond?
I agree with a moderate approach to how schools handle bullying. It has gotten way too extreme. My 8 year old daughter was reported as a bully to the principal by a classmate. I had a string of texts where that girl was the horrible bully (including death threats), and I told my daughter to block her and have only superficial contact with her in school bc they were in the same class. I didn't make a report. I handled it. Over time when my daughter wouldn't engage, the girl got angry/jealous whatever and used the "b" word to the principal (I am quoting him.). Hence a full scale HIB investigation by the school, then the administration, and then presented to the school board. WTF? After the HIB charge was lodged, I showed the texts (about which I got no direct response). The charge was deemed unfounded, but I doubt anything happened to the girl (for certain reasons I will not say). Again, a perversion of the protections that are meant for true situations worthy of intervention.