What is it with adults who not only stand by when kids get bullied, but actually lead the charge? Okay, this didn't happen in Colorado, but I'm extra-sensitive now to this kind of stuff because it IS happening in Colorado and I'm personally involved and I'm getting real close to my limit. All I can say is that if children can't depend on the adults who are supposed to take care of them and protect them, then how can we expect them to trust anyone or to grow up to be trusting and protecting adults? Now even adults are using the word "gay" to put down and attack kids.
Is the 10-year-old boy who was taunted by this school bus driver and attacked by these kids gay? Who knows? It doesn't matter. As long as school bullies AND adults believe that "gay" is the ultimate put-down--the very worst thing that you can about someone--this type of harassment will continue. Not only do we have to stop homophobia, but we have to stop kids--and, apparently, adults--from believing that calling someone "gay" is an insult--and a reason for physical violence.
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