I just got home from a candlelit vigil at the State House to honor the teens who took their lives due to being bullying for being gay/different.
I can honestly say I'm more pissed now then when I left.
All the speakers were tick & militant about how there should be all these laws protecting people, especially teens, from being bulled and harassed.
Don’t get me wrong I agree that there need to be these laws.
But let’s face it’s an uphill battle and these laws aren’t going to be passed tomorrow. They may not come to pass in our lifetime.
Yet if it does, trust me, these little internet savvy bastards will go on-line and find away to still do it. And do it Anonymously so they can’t get busted.
I do support all the militants out there who want these laws passed. I will vote for all of them!
But we needed to go back and focus on what initially got us to brave the weather to get on the steps of the State House.
We need to help there kids, NOW!
We need to get our stories out there! Share with them how we were able to preserver with strength and tenacity to grow thicker skins and to not let these bullies hold us down.
So let’s work with our facebook & myspace pages. Our blog our tweets or any other way possible: so these kids can see for every bully that torments them on these social networks, there a 100 allies who will give them positive encouragement and help them build the tools of strength to fight.
We talk about how the military should not discriminate against gays and lesbians.
You know if you get into the Armed Forces, they don’t just give you a pat on the back and ship you off to fight the war. They train you on how to win the battles.
So let’s start now and train these kids on how to fight the enemy and come out the other side stronger, more resilient, and have thicker skins not to be beaten down & stand their ground.
I’ll say it again:
WE NEED TO HELP THESE KIDS AT THIS MOMENT!!!
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