What is the point of "The Day of Silence"?
By ParaTed2k
@ParaTed2k (22940)
Sheboygan, Wisconsin
April 29, 2008 9:49am CST
It has always been a point of confusion to me when people decide to define themselves by some perceived "victimization", especially when the "victim" status seems to be by proxy."The Day of Silence" is a day when students choose to go through the day without speaking. Schools have made accomidations for students who want to participate.
According to "Dayofsilence.org", "The National Day of Silence brings attention to anti-LGBT name-calling, bullying and harassment in schools."
So, when will "Dayofsilence.org" set aside a day for overweight kids, colorblind kids, geeks, dorks, jocks, emos, cheerleaders, mouthbreathers, rednecks, gangbangers, $luts, wh0res, freaks, dipwads, carrot tops, honkeys... and any other stereotypical names thrown at people?
Why are LGBT so special that their plight gets canonized by school officials? How is their brand of "victimization" any harder on them than anyone else's?
The whole thing is discriminatory and elitist.
Do the organizers of "day of silence" give a flying flip when religious people get called names, or discriminated against... or do they cheer it on, glad to see "justice" done?
If you are against name calling, bullying and harrassment, then be against ALL name calling, bullying and harrassment. Otherwise, you're just another example of it.
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@Destiny007 (5805)
• United States
29 Apr 08
That whole Day of Silence thing is just another way for the schools and government to indoctrinate our kids with the gay agenda.
The really interesting thing about it is that people are being arrested for opposing it, and no religious speech of any kind is being permitted.
There are some lawsuits in the works into these 1st Amendment violations and some are sure to make it all the way to the Supreme Court.
Christians are finding themselves discriminated against by both the schools and other students who support this travesty, but the war is just beginning.
I think some schools are going to be finding out the hard way that the parents are the one's who set the moral compass of the children and not the school districts or some gays activist groups.
I wonder what the real reason is that the gays want our young children to think being gay is a good thing?
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@ParaTed2k (22940)
• Sheboygan, Wisconsin
30 Apr 08
See, that's what I'm worried about. Is this going to become just an excuse to turn the "harrassment", "bullying" and "name calling" on a different target?
At my son's school DOS is run by a club, it's not an official school function. The kids who want to participate simply put a mark on their hand and the teachers agree to not expect them to speak.
No pressure is put on the other kids, nor is anyone outside the club expected to participate... but of course, they are free to if they choose.
@ParaTed2k (22940)
• Sheboygan, Wisconsin
30 Apr 08
Anyone doing that is nothing more or less than a hypocrit. If you can get actual examples of this, please email me or post them here.
@Destiny007 (5805)
• United States
30 Apr 08
All of the reports I have read seem to indicate it is not a school function, that it is supposedly a student group function.
Yet at the same time the school does seem to be taking an "unofficial" interest and stance in the proceedings with the arrests and forbidden activities of anyone in opposition including Christians... with some kids even being assaulted for their opposition.
They are using terms like hate speech to justify these arrests among other things.
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@olivebranch56 (910)
• United States
29 Apr 08
Ted you are right on track with this one. In Charlotte they even went so far as the school board telling principals that if a Christian student did not come to school last Friday, they could "Punish" them. My daughter did not go to school on Friday, and it was because of Day of Silence. I am tired of our school systems and our government trying to push things, not just this; down our throats, whether we agree with it or not. What happened to freedom of speech, religion, etc.? I do not believe in homosexuality, but I do not tell people who say they are gay what to do, so please don't tell me and my children, we can't have the right not to believe. When my daughter went back to school Monday, I sent a note with her, and told them she was absent because of our religious beliefs, and that I felt it was wrong for them to observe the NDOS without asking parents if it was ok with them. I said, my daughter can not mention God in school, but yet every other religion, and cult is fine. Where are our freedoms? I was actually pushing for a fight, but they wouldn't give me one, they excused her absence, LOL. I know I was bad. Anyway that is my feelings on this. Some of you might not like what I said, but thank God, in this country I still have the right to say it, (This week anyway).
@ParaTed2k (22940)
• Sheboygan, Wisconsin
29 Apr 08
That is an excellent point! If students choose not to participate in the "day of silence", what names are they called? What harrassment are they subjected to? If the people participating are true to their cause, then none... I would hope that is what happens.
I wonder what "punishment" was planned, but dropped?
@olivebranch56 (910)
• United States
29 Apr 08
I am in a different county, Charlotte is a neighboring city. A list was published of all the high schools participating in the DOS and I was checking it every couple of days, our school was not listed. So a few days before I asked my daughter if the school had mentioned it, she said no. The very next day she came home and said they had announced that they would observe DOS on Friday. They were very sneaky about the whole thing, they didn't give us time to warn the other parents, and I am sure most of the parents didn't even know what this was about. I had emailed all my local contacts to warn them, and give them the website to check it out, so their children who were in schools that were listed, would be warned, but as I say my daughters school was not listed, and they waited until the last minute to pull a sneaky. Oh I was angry! I haven't heard what the schools in Charlotte did, they are keeping it on the low down, and I don't know anyone right now who have children in that school system. I will update if I find anything though.
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@ParaTed2k (22940)
• Sheboygan, Wisconsin
30 Apr 08
If they were honest, why would they have to be sneaky?
