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Quote by: phoenix_fire  Oh, I got some pretty bad ones when I was in school. From a very gender confused boy and his cronies. Trust me when I say that the severity has nothing to do with the subject matter. |
I used to talk crap about the "wicans" in high school. And I'm not gender confused other than attractions....
I regret alot of things from those days but I always remember I never thought anything bad about the wican girls, it was always peer pressure really.
Apply this to the situation in the OP. Could be all peer pressure, being afraid of being mocked or isolated if they took a stance to support or ignore.
Theres always the backstory as well. A mocked girl was C. Fisher. Just looking at people mocking her you might think its abuse of an innocent girl. But you'd have to have gone to ECHS. C. Fisher had a history of slapping gay stickers on cars at sports events, swallowing nativity display figures, disfiguring school display crosses, and even had a teacher sent to prison after having sex with her. Not to judge her, but its no suprise she got some attention after choosing to remain in school despite her own bad judgements.
Not to judge Stephen but how did they find out? Did he overhear some kids talking about praying for a win at a sporting event, and decide to tell them thats lame because believing in god is only for fools? Not saying anything of the sort but I'd just have to know the backstory. Even in the bible belt I have a hard time believing kids would torments without some reason.