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nightscanner59

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20. And I say more power to you, little sister!

Reply to TexasTowelie (Original post)

Sat Nov 1, 2014, 04:30 AM

Nov 2014

This is why I'm glad for the likes of Apple's CEO coming-out making the headlines. There is grumbling throughout the bigot brigade everywhere "I'm tired of these damn gay's all over mah teevee... grumble, gripe, grouch." Hooray. It's finally beginning to flood out the hateful condescending rhetoric, off color jibes and dilute the degrading undertone to "gay" they've kept up for decades.
She appears to me, to just be cutting edge in her community.

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Texas high school student sent home for wearing T-shirt that says, “Lesbian” [View all] TexasTowelie Oct 2014 OP

I'm trying to get my head around why... TreasonousBastard Oct 2014 #1

Why not Politicalboi Oct 2014 #3

A high school sophomore is 15 or 16 and... TreasonousBastard Oct 2014 #12

Sexual identity, not preference.[n/t] Maedhros Oct 2014 #17

Seriously? F4lconF16 Oct 2014 #6

She's a minor. If she wore a shirt that said... TreasonousBastard Oct 2014 #13

Many teenagers do understand their sexuality, and often better than many adults. F4lconF16 Oct 2014 #14

You are assuming that orientation implies sex preference alone. LostOne4Ever Oct 2014 #18

Just waiting for the bullies to make it go away Politicalboi Oct 2014 #2

Post removed Post removed Oct 2014 #4

What do "sexual predators" have to do with this? Lex Oct 2014 #15

This is the most disrespectful and homophobic thing I have seen on DU LostOne4Ever Oct 2014 #19

This simplest solution is to not allow any SheilaT Oct 2014 #5

Though that's a simpler solution F4lconF16 Oct 2014 #7

I find it sad that so far the responses have been either F4lconF16 Oct 2014 #8

+1,000 TexasTowelie Oct 2014 #9

I am very glad to have gone to a high school F4lconF16 Oct 2014 #10

She will be fine wearing it in my opinion. The Administration actually made a statement to the DhhD Oct 2014 #11

My favorite is NOW that a shirt with writing on it has mentioned homosexuality, lets ban randys1 Oct 2014 #16

And I say more power to you, little sister! nightscanner59 Nov 2014 #20