Passing on a post...
Oct. 10th, 2010 10:17 pmFrom
axelrod:
I don't think celebrating Spirit Day is wrong - let me be clear on that. I don't think gestures are worthless. I do think it can do things, however briefly, for morale. I do think it can send a message in some cases: "btw, I give a shit about this issue, and I probably won't let you get away with any homophobic bullshit around me" and "if you're queer, I support you".
But let's not fool ourselves.
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I don't think celebrating Spirit Day is wrong - let me be clear on that. I don't think gestures are worthless. I do think it can do things, however briefly, for morale. I do think it can send a message in some cases: "btw, I give a shit about this issue, and I probably won't let you get away with any homophobic bullshit around me" and "if you're queer, I support you".
But let's not fool ourselves.
Full text here.
EDITED to debork HTML.