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Seriously, if it was for EVERYONE who was bullied then I could totally get behind it 'cause guess what? Homosexuals are NOT the only ones who are bullied! Seriously, they're not freaking special, I and a friend of mine were bullied in elementary and junior high school--for being short! Where's the short people's "Spirit Day", hm? These days, I've even been bullied for being "STRAIGHT" by homosexuals (I'm ace/arospec not that that matters to them apparently)! This is ridiculous, it's hypocritical and it sickens me! Make "Spirit Day" for everyone or get rid of it altogether. (I will add that I am glad that dA has written that it counts for everyone, I just wish others would follow suit)

Just kidding about the "short people's Spirit Day", that would irritate the crap outta me too.

tl;dr
Spirit Day should be for everyone who was bullied, not just LGBT.

[ I get your point of not supporting Spirit Day, but complaining about a marginalized group of people who get discriminated on a daily basis getting their own day to raise awareness about their oppression isn't going to help anyone, sorry.

Also, how on earth can you get bullied for being straight? Are you equating your experience to thousands of other LGBT students experiences of bullying? Just wondering.... ]

They have plenty of other ways they spread awareness, they don't need a day to themselves over an issue that effects everyone.

I've been bullied by multiple people for simply being straight. If you've ever been on the "social justice" side of tumblr it's a wonderful example. I've seen people receive death threats and threats of rape for being straight or cisgendered and be doxxed (have their address and other personal information put online for the purpose of sending people after them) for that reason. I know of someone who was doxxed and their former rapist found their address and stalked them. So no I'm not comparing my own experiences to it because thankfully I haven't experienced it but I'm saying it happens to everyone in varying degrees no matter the orientation or gender.

[ es you're right, bullying affects everyone.

However, Spirit Day is specifically raising awareness about homophobic, trans phobic, biphobic, etc. bullying. You're right on wanting to have a day that raises awareness for ALL bulliying, I agree with that, but the LGBTQ+ community is also right about wanting to have their own anti-bullying day. LGBTQ+ youth are much more prone to be harassed, bullied, raped, suicidal, etc. than cishet youth so it is important to help them out and cater to their specific needs and problems.

If someone who was being racially bullied was being helped out and defended, then the defenders would need to help them out according to their specific needs, which is to counter attack racism. It's the same thing with LGBTQ+ students, except that their defenders would need to know how to stop homophobia, transphobia, etc.

What I'm trying to say is that different groups of people get bullied in different ways and for different reasons.

And also about "social justice" tumblr, if the users who run those blogs are doing that to others, I highly doubt that they are actually social justice activists, or at least the ones who are sane and know what they are doing. If that happens again, you should report them definately.
Sorry if this was long for you to read Sweating a little... I hope you understand my point. ]

I understand your point but I can't say I agree with it. I've seen no clear, consistent statistics indicating that sexual orientation has anything to do with people being more prone to be harassed, bullied, raped, and/or suicidal, and from what I've seen personally it tends to be the exact opposite as most people do not want to be labelled a "homophobe" for fear of being bullied themselves (this isn't to say it doesn't happen of course, as I've said people are bullied for any reason anyone can come up with and there will always be jerks who do so). As such I believe no one group should have its own day for a problem that affects everyone for varying reasons in varying degrees. The point is we need to stop bullying period and not focus on just one group or the other--I see it solving absolutely nothing and generally causing more issues by creating a sort of "us vs. them" mentality.

As far as "social justice" tumblr goes, the number of people who do that whether they claim to be social justice or not is not only incredibly large but it is sadly growing. Reporting them generally does nothing unless a mass of people reports them (as it is on deviantART it seems as well). It happens constantly and there sadly seems to be no way to combat it beyond arguing back which causes more issues and makes more enemies...:|