On The Frisky, Jessica Wakeman takes umbrage at a question asked in a review of an HBO documentary about a gay middle-schooler who was shot by a classmate whom he’d asked to a school dance.<\/p>\n
I understand the article is a review of a documentary, so it may be the film itself that prompted these questions. (I have not yet seen the film.) But what I object to is the phrasing \u2014 I\u2019m disgusted by the Times suggestion that Brandon McInerney could have been \u201cbullied\u201d by another boy for simply voicing an attraction to him and for dressing in a way that was not typically \u201cmasculine.\u201d That\u2019s not what \u201cbullying\u201d means.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n
That’s correct.\u00a0 Telling someone you’re attracted to them when they’re not interested is not bullying.<\/p>\n
It’s sexual harassment.<\/p>\n
It’s a whole ‘nother set of lawyers.<\/p>\n
Glad I could help.<\/p>\n
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No, I’m not making light of the death of the gay student.\u00a0 Merely the various gradations of political correctness our society observes.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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