I wore purple as a gesture. It's not an activist stand for me, it's honoring those who have taken their own lives because the world, at large, chooses not to accept them
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And I just reread that and realized I, like you, apparently have warring opinions inside my head on the subject. Basically, it's messy, but I think it's a nice gesture, you know?
Yeah, I do know. It is a nice gesture, that's for sure. And was kinda awesome, that something like this could come out of the internet. But a gesture is... empty, often times. And there's the rub, aye?
I wore purple as a gesture. It's not an activist stand for me, it's honoring those who have taken their own lives because the world, at large, chooses not to accept them. And I'm totally cool with that. Its more or less why I wore purple too.
I don't think you're quite right about the term privilege and what it assumes/implies, but there's not much need to get into that here, really. Unless you want to, lol.
It happens and it happens everywhere it happens a lot and suicide from bullying, hell, bullying in general, just that, needs to end. That's how I feel about the Day of Purple/It Gets Better/Spirit Day. It should be a call to action. Definitely.
to address a point you made, how do you know people don't feel it every time it happens? (Only quoted that, but replying to whole paragraph
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You know what else I just noticed? That when I'm tired and read something that I react emotionally to, verbal vomit just happens. Sorry about that. I certainly didn't mean for that to come out as...harshly as it did. :)
*cackles* Possibly best! I'm so used to that particular forum (at least the general... feel of it, even if I don't post for months) that I got warned on another forum for saying something that wouldn't have made the debating forum blink! Well. No. They would have blinked and shot back, not warned.
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And I'm totally cool with that. Its more or less why I wore purple too.
I don't think you're quite right about the term privilege and what it assumes/implies, but there's not much need to get into that here, really. Unless you want to, lol.
It happens and it happens everywhere it happens a lot and suicide from bullying, hell, bullying in general, just that, needs to end. That's how I feel about the Day of Purple/It Gets Better/Spirit Day. It should be a call to action.
Definitely.
to address a point you made, how do you know people don't feel it every time it happens? (Only quoted that, but replying to whole paragraph ( ... )
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