Oh, the memories...
T'was a sunny day on grade 9 French class. We were reading random crap on page 14 or something, when a friend a couple desks behind me said "Hey, that guy's wearing make-up". I, in my blatant manner, stated "Well, he must be a fruit". He asked the teacher what I had said. She mentioned that she'd rather not repeat it. So I, louder and even more obnoxiously, stated:
"Well, he must be a fruit!"
I was immediately flamed and trolled by my angry teacher, who in her spaz freak-out fest, was pointing to anti-homophobia signs on the walls and yelling random crap. I was kicked out of the classroom, and told that I would not be allowed to return without a letter of apology.
How, may I ask, were my words homophobic in any way, shape or form? How is the word "fruit" offensive? I said "fruit", which in my mind was (and still is) a simple synonym for "gay person". If I had said "assramming AIDS-spreading homo ******", I would have understood her reaction. But I did not.
Following this incident, I sat having an argument with my vice principal, who I promptly pwned in a philosophical debate regarding my actions. He gave up and called my mommy on me, boo hoo. My mother cared not for the incident. At all.
Eventually, I did write a letter, but not quite a letter of apology. More like a letter of "not my fault if you're offended as shit because you misinterpreted things I said" kind of letter. She just took it and I proceeded through the course, landing a 38 for my final mark, which I strongly suspect was related to this incident.
This whole incident spanned three days, where I proceeded to kick the liberal-fascist system's hollow ass.
Free speech? Pfft...
T'was a sunny day on grade 9 French class. We were reading random crap on page 14 or something, when a friend a couple desks behind me said "Hey, that guy's wearing make-up". I, in my blatant manner, stated "Well, he must be a fruit". He asked the teacher what I had said. She mentioned that she'd rather not repeat it. So I, louder and even more obnoxiously, stated:
"Well, he must be a fruit!"
I was immediately flamed and trolled by my angry teacher, who in her spaz freak-out fest, was pointing to anti-homophobia signs on the walls and yelling random crap. I was kicked out of the classroom, and told that I would not be allowed to return without a letter of apology.
How, may I ask, were my words homophobic in any way, shape or form? How is the word "fruit" offensive? I said "fruit", which in my mind was (and still is) a simple synonym for "gay person". If I had said "assramming AIDS-spreading homo ******", I would have understood her reaction. But I did not.
Following this incident, I sat having an argument with my vice principal, who I promptly pwned in a philosophical debate regarding my actions. He gave up and called my mommy on me, boo hoo. My mother cared not for the incident. At all.
Eventually, I did write a letter, but not quite a letter of apology. More like a letter of "not my fault if you're offended as shit because you misinterpreted things I said" kind of letter. She just took it and I proceeded through the course, landing a 38 for my final mark, which I strongly suspect was related to this incident.
This whole incident spanned three days, where I proceeded to kick the liberal-fascist system's hollow ass.
Free speech? Pfft...