<p>Anyone else doing it?</p>
<p>no.. .</p>
<p>wth is it?</p>
<p>It's the National Day of Silence during which people across the nation will choose not to speak to raise awareness about the ways in which GLBT people are silenced as a result of hatred and bigotry directed toward them because of their sexuality and/or gender identity.</p>
<p>weird .</p>
<p><a href="http://www.dayofsilence.org/%5B/url%5D">http://www.dayofsilence.org/</a></p>
<p>Actually, I'll be talking as much as possible.</p>
<p>I saw them set up outside the library today with duct tape over their mouths and I figured it had something to do with GLBT because they had a bunch of designs/wordart type signs in the "Rainbow colors" </p>
<p>They were on people like rabid dogs to take their little fliers which is pretty annoying when I'm talking to friends on my way to class and groups shove stuff at me. If I want to see what you're all about, I'll stop. If not, I'll keep going and leave me alone.</p>
<p>Way to alienate yourselves even more! I saw some people with taped mouths handing out flyers as well...annoying.</p>
<p>It's amazing how much this event rankles people...no other awareness event seems to bother people as much at our school or in general, it's odd to me...</p>
<p>I wasnt annoyed that they were there or that they were there for a cause, but the way they went about handing out their flyers. There's atleast 3 or 4 groups at that spot per week and most will casually hand out flyers if someone stops to chat or sticks their hand out for one. Not running people down as they go in and out of the library. There was a group of guys playing frisbee not too far from them and one person stood there trying to get them take a paper in the middle of their frisbee throwing. </p>
<p>Not to mention that we're a somewhat conservative campus (not BYU or BJU or anything, but not as liberal as others), and we're in the middle of the largest student run celebration in the country with visitors everywhere you go. Great impression these kids are making...not because of their GLBT relations but because of how they're going about their business.</p>
<p>I'm in HS and most of my friends were doing it. I don't think it's weird or
"alienating". It's a pretty great way to raise awareness, I think - and requires a definite sacrifice on the part of those participating. In a way, I think it really does mimic how a gay person must feel to not be able to say all the things they want to...who they like, how they feel, etc. </p>
<p>At the same time, lunch was pretty annoying with everyone writing down notes and signing and stuff...I was like...for the love of God...just SPEAK...</p>
<p>But no :P.</p>
<p>that's so pointless. why don't they actually DO something rather than just drifting to attract attention.</p>
<p>I used it as an excuse to not pay attention in French class.</p>
<p>It's stupid. It's annoying, and it's purpose is a bunch of bs. No group has the media further their cause more than the GLBTs, and they still pretend they're being discriminated against. Just do what you want and leave the rest of us alone without making a big show.</p>
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<p>^Haha the irony is killing me. The whole POINT of Day of Silence is to protest against that very problem: that the rest of society just wants gay people to shut up.</p>
<p>Sorry, but true acceptance is more than reluctantly allowing others to exist. You can't call yourself tolerant when you sweep a whole category of people under the rug, by expecting them to keep quiet or pretend not to exist. Acceptance means letting those people express themselves fully, just as heterosexuals do every single day everywhere.</p>
<p>Word Mallomar.</p>
<p>Some people are pretty ignorant to anybody else's problems besides their own. I think the very fact that this is, like an earlier poster said, one of the protests that people seem to have the biggest problems with is indicative in and of itself of current attitudes towards homosexuals.</p>
<p>"Don't ask, don't tell"</p>
<p>i agree wit mallomar, the whole idea of lgbt rights is that its not something to be ashamed of.</p>
<p>if half the people doing it actually gave a rat's tail about the CAUSE instead of just wanting to be cool and have fun, it wouldn't be such an annoying sham. </p>
<p>while I totally support lgbt rights, i'm against having "pride" shoved down my throat</p>
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^Haha the irony is killing me. The whole POINT of Day of Silence is to protest against that very problem: that the rest of society just wants gay people to shut up.</p>
<p>Sorry, but true acceptance is more than reluctantly allowing others to exist. You can't call yourself tolerant when you sweep a whole category of people under the rug, by expecting them to keep quiet or pretend not to exist. Acceptance means letting those people express themselves fully, just as heterosexuals do every single day everywhere.
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<p>Don't throw the political crap at me. The thing is, I don't care if you're gay or straight or bi, I really don't give a crap. For gays it's not enough to be accepted, they have to be praised and they have to have a lot of attention and all that...they don't have heterosexual day or heterosexual clubs or any of that crap that GLBTs have. Why? Because nobody cares if you're straight, and nobody should care if you're GLBT, but all the GLBT people want to be showered with attention. You guys have your rights, you can do whatever you want, stop trying to make show.</p>