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nausicaa83Feeling pretty shocked right now. An hour ago, I was downtown, and I was going to take the bus back home. I met a friend of mine from the choir, and she was with two friends of hers, a girl and a boy. Mind you, they're all 16. So we were talking, when three men went by, and started insulting us, calling us whores. That because the boy was dressed in a very feminine way, and was very obviously homosexual, and one of the girls was wearing Goth-like makeup. From my point of view, the three of them looked absolutely adorable, and I was happy I was wearing my new blue shirt, new jeans, and my fuchsia hoodie, so that I didn't look too plain compared to them. From the point of view of those men, they were whores.
Now, since I was the only adult there, I got really scared for them. I grabbed the boy by the arm and tried to talk them into running away. They started shouting back at those men, who luckly were going away, and when I managed to calm them down, they told me that it was really unfair.
It was one of the most humiliating, infuriating experiences ever. Humiliating, because as an adult I told them not to defend themselves, not to speak their minds, but to run. I was scared because there have been several attacks against gays and lesbians this past summer, and being the only adult in the group I felt I needed to protect them above anything else. But it feels so unfair that kids nowadays should be afraid of wearing whatever they like, and expressing themselves and their sexuality.
In the end, they calmed down, and they were so cute thanking me, while I was feeling so bad that they're going to grow up in a country where it's normal that things like these happen. And being ten years older, I felt like somehow that was my fault too, that I had part into creating this kind of world.
Luckly among all the fear and maternal instinct that kicked in, I was feeling so proud that I was on the right side, that I wasn't just someone who hears about these things on tv, that I was there and protecting them, doing something.
Now, since I was the only adult there, I got really scared for them. I grabbed the boy by the arm and tried to talk them into running away. They started shouting back at those men, who luckly were going away, and when I managed to calm them down, they told me that it was really unfair.
It was one of the most humiliating, infuriating experiences ever. Humiliating, because as an adult I told them not to defend themselves, not to speak their minds, but to run. I was scared because there have been several attacks against gays and lesbians this past summer, and being the only adult in the group I felt I needed to protect them above anything else. But it feels so unfair that kids nowadays should be afraid of wearing whatever they like, and expressing themselves and their sexuality.
In the end, they calmed down, and they were so cute thanking me, while I was feeling so bad that they're going to grow up in a country where it's normal that things like these happen. And being ten years older, I felt like somehow that was my fault too, that I had part into creating this kind of world.
Luckly among all the fear and maternal instinct that kicked in, I was feeling so proud that I was on the right side, that I wasn't just someone who hears about these things on tv, that I was there and protecting them, doing something.
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Date: 2010-09-10 10:35 am (UTC)Penso che questa sia la cosa importante... Che eri dalla parte giusta e che hai fatto qualcosa. Non è che hai impedito loro di difendersi: hai avuto paura, e probabilmente hai anche fatto bene... o_o (non so com'era la situazione, ma se hai giudicato opportuno andare via, sono sicura che fosse la cosa giusta da fare.)
Sì, viviamo in un mondo brutto per un sacco di motivi. Però, dai, magari anche grazie a quelli di noi, che hanno un po' di cervello, riusciremo prima o poi a smuovere qualcosina...
(Sì, sto pensando con invidia a Londra...)
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Date: 2010-09-10 10:40 am (UTC)Non so proprio che dire, questi ci hanno insultato, e nel mio cervello è passato uno slideshow a velocità luce di tutte le aggressione contro omosessuali degli ultimi tempi, e sono riuscita solo a pensare che dovevo portarli il più lontano possibile da quelle persone. Inoltre i ragazzi sono scattati subito, offesi a morte, e quindi mi sono spaventata ancora di più.
In conclusione, che paese di merda in cui viviamo. =_=
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Date: 2010-09-10 11:30 am (UTC)And also, how strange. That song was in my head just before I read your post title.
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Date: 2010-09-10 11:34 am (UTC)Still, Muse always make me feel better, they remind me there are good things in this world too.
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Date: 2010-09-10 12:24 pm (UTC)Credo che tu abbia agito nel migliore dei modi,io avrei fatto lo stesso..so che è orribile non potersi difendere e non poter difendere le proprie convinzioni senza paura di essere aggrediti o peggio,ma disgraziatamente viviamo in un Paese che non brilla per democrazia e libertà di pensiero >.
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Date: 2010-09-10 02:16 pm (UTC)