Everyone who had half a brain, but was socially ostracized as a result.
See, in theory high school is supposed to be about learning and preparing yourself for a lifetime of responsibilities, both to yourself and the wider world.
In practice it's a series of cliques and bitter disappointments, often perpetuated by the very faculty members who are supposed to encourage everyone to be themselves and to value education.
In the Deep South in particular there's this whole... I dunno, almost Fox News like cabal of teachers, half of whom are also coaches. Some of the ones in my home town were Evangelical christians, and even closet KKK members. Gay kids are often bullied to the point of suicide as a result. A distant cousin of mine,
Philip Parker, actually made headlines last year when he had enough.
The person who pretty much made or broke his decision was the guidance counselor for my local high school, a woman I've despised for years. She's one of those holier than thou churchy types. If you're not in the FCC or some other little bible drone she doesn't want anything to do with you. She especially despises gay kids, vegetarians, artists, musicians, punk rockers or any other "Deviants".
And she still has her goddman job. What a farce. She didn't even get reprimanded for ignoring little Philip in his time of need.
And some of you guys wonder why I'm always angry. I refuse to close my eyes and look away from this BS.
And it gets even worse. I work with some of this boy's relatives, his aunts and uncles, and cousins, and I sit in the cafeteria with them and listen to them talk about how gays are un-American or should be killed. People who should have loved him and accepted him for who he was.
You wonder why I'm hateful? These scumbags in human form have never shown anything but hate and contempt for me, the things I stand for and all the little misfits I called my friends my entire life. They've hated everything I love for so long that I can't feel anything but hate for them and their entire brainwashed culture. I don't just hate what they stand for, I personally hate them. I want them to suffer. I want them to die.
and this is why I love you...
