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Anti-Bullying Speaker Curses Christian Teens[W:165; 667]

Your Star said:
I would sit there, and probably laugh because he's so retarded, because choose to go, and I would probably try to talk to them if it was possible. The people who walked out need to grow the **** up, plain and simple. Like I said, **** being offended.
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I don't see the act of walking out on something that's offensive to you as being immature. I would have walked out too. I'm not going to sit and listen to anyone spew hate about any group.
 
Josie said:
I don't see the act of walking out on something that's offensive to you as being immature. I would have walked out too. I'm not going to sit and listen to anyone spew hate about any group.
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If the guy had said something offensive to/about a minority group, I wonder if those who walked out would still be criticized.
 
X Factor said:
If the guy had said something offensive to/about a minority group, I wonder if those who walked out would still be criticized.
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Probably not.
 
Your Star said:
Yes they were being hypersensitive, just sit down and listen, you don't have to walk out acting like a child believing you can only hear stuff that makes you happy. The fact that people are offended is stupid, and makes me ****ing sad. I just wanna yank them by the collar and tell them to grow the **** up. I'm tired of people having this "oh I'm offended more" war, it lowers discourse, and keeps us from actually talking about anything with substance. **** being offended, it's stupid, gets us nowhere and is childish. We as a society need to grow the **** up.
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Cannot the same exact thing can be said of teens who are upset for being bullied for their sexual orientation? "Stop being offended." "Grow the **** up." "Don't be a *****".
 
X Factor said:
If the guy had said something offensive to/about a minority group, I wonder if those who walked out would still be criticized.
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I'm going to bet not. You're not a ***** for walking out when someone is proudly showing his prejudice or hate. You're smart.
 
X Factor said:
So I've never seen you take offense at something written here? Especially as it relates to same sex marriage issues?
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I'm not going to get offended, I do laugh, and shake my head at the stupidity, but I choose to come to this website, I can always not come if I don't like what's being posted here.
 
the_recruit said:
Cannot the same exact thing can be said of teens who are upset for being bullied for their sexual orientation? "Stop being offended." "Grow the **** up." "Don't be a *****".
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Nope, big difference.
 
Josie said:
What's the difference?
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He was talking in the abstract about a political group(inappropriate for the setting IMO), and not calling out names of every Christian there, and insulting them personally.
 
Sarcogito said:
From Dan Savage's twitter feed

And I called actions pansy-assed, not persons. Still, I apologize. But not apologizing for challenging bible-based defense of homophobia.
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herp derp

(relax, i'm only suggesting everything you say and do is stupid, not that you as a person are stupid. so it's not a personal insult :roll:)
 
digsbe said:
His comments were not acceptable at all. I don't agree with being hypersensitive, but he was being overtly offensive in regards to the Bible and Christianity.
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The truth often is offensive to believers.
 
Your Star said:
He was talking in the abstract about a political group(inappropriate for the setting IMO), and not calling out names of every Christian there, and insulting them personally.
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He was talking about the Bible and Christianity, not a political group.
 
while his overall message may have been accurate, his way of providing the message was rude, offensive, and immature.

this guy should not be talking about bullying in a public forum, especially one for children. he is NOT providing respectful, mature, and responsible discussion of the issue.
 
Your Star said:
My bad, religion, but still same point.
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So it's okay to stand in front of a group of high schoolers and demean certain people as long as you aren't pointing out people specifically?
 
Your Star said:
I'm not going to get offended, I do laugh, and shake my head at the stupidity, but I choose to come to this website, I can always not come if I don't like what's being posted here.
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you mean, like, walking out?
 
By the way, here's what someone on Twitter said in reply to Dan Savage's apology for the "pansy-assed" comment:

you have nothing to apologize for. the gay community has been bullied enough. Time to turn the tide. They don't like it.

Dan Savage retweeted it. I guess he agrees that it's time for Christians to take some bullying.
 
Josie said:
So it's okay to stand in front of a group of high schoolers and demean certain people as long as you aren't pointing out people specifically?
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I never said it was okay, I even said in that post that it was inappropriate for the setting, I just wouldn't have walked out, and would get mad at one of my friends if they had walked out.
 
lpast said:
The anti bully is bullying ?

As many as 100 high school students walked out of a national journalism conference after an anti-bullying speaker began cursing, attacked the Bible and reportedly called those who refused to listen to his rant “pansy assed.”

Anti-Bullying Speaker Curses Christian Teens | FOX News & Commentary: Todd Starnes
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I watched the video. The article, as I suspected, takes his comments out of context. His comments were fair and the people who couldn't handle were pansy assed.
 
Wake said:
Great. Another hackish instance of making it seem there are mainly gay victims bullied by white Christians. It's not like it should be mentioned there are non-gay victims and non-white/Christian bullies. Nope, can't have that. You know what, let's use this as a political tool to swipe at whites and Christians and Christianity in general because we really don't give a **** about the victims, but our own political ends.
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He presented himself like a jackass and he was obviously confrontational and insulting and they kids did not have to sit there and listen to his garbage the way it was being presented....Contrary to what some believe...no one has to listen to any thing if they dont want to...thats why theres protesters of all stripes that continuously try to disrupt free speech....Not wanting to hear it or being against it...is a TWO WAY STREET ...the kids were dead right and so was the school for supporting them.
 
Josie said:
By the way, here's what someone on Twitter said in reply to Dan Savage's apology for the "pansy-assed" comment:

you have nothing to apologize for. the gay community has been bullied enough. Time to turn the tide. They don't like it.

Dan Savage retweeted it. I guess he agrees that it's time for Christians to take some bullying.
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Or it means it's time for the gay community to not let itself be bullied anymore.
 
Josie said:
So it's okay to stand in front of a group of high schoolers and demean certain people as long as you aren't pointing out people specifically?
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I believe his point was to attack the message, secondarily to attack those who hold to the irrational belief in spite of the knowledge that it is hypocritical to do so.
 
the_recruit said:
Cannot the same exact thing can be said of teens who are upset for being bullied for their sexual orientation? "Stop being offended." "Grow the **** up." "Don't be a *****".
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Yes it can. Which makes this speech of his so damned stupid.
 
Your Star said:
I never said it was okay, I even said in that post that it was inappropriate for the setting, I just wouldn't have walked out, and would get mad at one of my friends if they had walked out.
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You would get mad at one of your friends for walking out on something that offended them? What the hell?
 
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