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malakijr

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Aug 23, 2009 14:16

( Stuff I Learned )

death, history, that is so gay, sad, people dying, those who don't remember the past

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nabba August 23 2009, 18:46:45 UTC

That is horrible :(

malakijr August 23 2009, 18:59:10 UTC

I know, it's such a sad story. I'm glad I read the book so I could find out about it because otherwise, I don't know how I would have known.

nabba August 23 2009, 19:01:14 UTC

And unfortunately I don't think things have really gotten that much better

malakijr August 23 2009, 19:34:32 UTC

I sometimes think that those people who say things about how it's so much easier to be gay now and we shouldn't have a "victim mentality" well...they don't come from towns like Big Rapids. Seriously. I know what a victim mentality is, I can spot it from a mile away, and I know when I'm having it and when I'm not, and sometimes when I say things and I'm giving a disclaimer ("no, I'm not being melodramatic, it really IS this bad") I wish I didn't have to give a disclaimer, you know? I wish people could just understand that things are harder in some places than in others. I know we've come a long way since 1973, but...ever heard the expression "I have arrived...is THIS where I was going?" Or "The more things change, the more they stay the same ( ... )

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blozor August 23 2009, 21:26:00 UTC

I feel that comic strip. That feels like me right now. And probably for some time to come.

peskipiksi August 24 2009, 11:54:02 UTC

malakijr August 24 2009, 12:05:29 UTC

I think about that, too. Those families never knowing what happened to their son, daughter, etc ( ... )

malakijr August 24 2009, 12:12:10 UTC

502 = 50s...stupid brain...

peskipiksi August 24 2009, 19:43:08 UTC

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