tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8972120889629675714.post1795489053019230392..comments2024-02-25T05:24:24.948-05:00Comments on Beyond Easy: Scapegoats and Double Standards in the Rutgers ScandalPatrick Rhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02410016566636603639noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8972120889629675714.post-56365429287167623582010-10-03T11:54:46.719-04:002010-10-03T11:54:46.719-04:00In response to the above comments:
Still, you can&...In response to the above comments:<br />Still, you can't possibly deny the amount of shame associated with homosexuality in America. The way we (as a whole) treat homosexuals is, more often than not, like shit. There is a nation-wide stigma towards being homosexual, regardless of progressive advancements. Yes, it's irritating to have the mass media shove it in our faces, but there's still several elements of truth that can't be denied.Crystal Methuselahhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01363518500979295160noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8972120889629675714.post-20273745458033932632010-10-03T10:21:47.351-04:002010-10-03T10:21:47.351-04:00"Had he been in bed with a woman, this would ..."Had he been in bed with a woman, this would not have happened," said Lauren Felton, 21, a Rutgers student. "He wouldn't have been outed via an online broadcast, and his privacy would have been respected and he might still have his life."<br /><br />Why? How do you know he wasn't just giggling about filming his roommate having sex? The article and this person make this sound like a statement of fact, but it isn't. It's a possibility.John Thyerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17629076787737164071noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8972120889629675714.post-71586579429704628452010-10-02T19:51:48.778-04:002010-10-02T19:51:48.778-04:00Suicides happen all the time, every day. Men kill ...Suicides happen all the time, every day. Men kill themselves at a rate four times faster than that of women. Suicide rates among our Marines, soldiers, sailors and airmen are sky rocketing. But we get up in arms about a gay kid killing himself because, frankly, he was gay. <br /><br />This would not have been news if it were a heterosexual man who killed himself after being embarrassed that his sexual escapades ended up on the 'net. But here in 'murica, we have a fetish for the victim mentality, and OF COURSE gays are oppressed victims, so there you go. News.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8972120889629675714.post-61701605235802778182010-10-02T15:27:02.091-04:002010-10-02T15:27:02.091-04:00I find myself agreeing with you. I have no doubt t...I find myself agreeing with you. I have no doubt that the students who pulled this prank meant it only as that: a prank. The unfortunate thing is that if the poor student they pulled this on had been sleeping with a woman at the most he would have been embarrassed but he likely would have enjoyed the stud reputation he no doubt would have gotten from it. Society continues to move at a snail's pace.<br /><br />I don't think it's possible to prove that there was malicious intent behind it, but even so there's still the elephant the room that no one is allowed to talk about and that suicide is ultimately a personal choice. And even with all the injustice a person may suffer it was still their choice to act as they did.<br /><br />So yes, bust the perpetrators for invasion of privacy. Expel them from school. Make an example of them and how it's not ok to treat people like that. But manslaughter, involuntary or explicit? I'm sorry. They were not the ones who ended that poor student's life. Sad is it is that was his own decision and most are not comfortable accepting what that really means.Adamhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10016188508658731186noreply@blogger.com