Spirit Day and bullying.

[cupcake_goth]

Today is Spirit Day. I honestly don't know if I have anything purple to wear, but I'm going to try, because I do support this and want to increase the visibility of it. (EDIT: Just as I suspected, I don't own any purple clothing. Huh.)

About bullying, everyone go read Cleolinda's post on this.(clicky-link!) What she says is SPOT ON, and I think everyone should follow it.

If someone is being bullied and I'm around, I will do what I can to help stop it.

Personal experience time: I was one of the incredibly lucky ones. Even though I was a Weird Kid, I wasn't really ever bullied. Part of this, I know, is because word went out pretty quickly that "Holy crap, Jilli's dad is CRAZY, don't piss him off". (Hi Dad! I love you and you're the best dad in the world!) But I know that wasn't the entire reason. I don't know WHY I wasn't bullied, but I thank my lucky stars that I wasn't.

But I've seen the effects of bullying. It's horrible and demoralizing, and I just don't understand how anyone can think that treating another person like that is okay. So. I will speak up and step in if I see bullying. I hope that you folks will do the same.

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[tinkerbell86ca.livejournal.com]

I don't have many bits of clothing taht actually fit right now, let alone that are purple. But last night I prepared for today by painting my nails a sparkely purple. Later on I will re-paint them another shade of purple. Why yes, purple happens to be one of my favorite colors.

And I am with you, bullies suck. They just do. It made me really sad and upset when I had to comfort my husband when he was bullied at work a few years ago.

Guh . . . now if you will excuse me, I am going to go play with one of our 4 kittens.