# Saddest Onion article ever **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [March 8, 2012, 5:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/saddest-onion-article-ever/615172 "2012-03-08T17:47:35Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 6\ **Page:** 4
**Author:** ![jz78817](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jz78817/32/1028_2.png) [@jz78817](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jz78817)\ **Post date:** [March 10, 2012, 2:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/saddest-onion-article-ever/615172/61 "2012-03-10T14:19:08Z")
> [@](#): > > And if you’re not part of the solution, you’re part of the problem. thank you, President Bush. ---
**Author:** ![Polycarp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/82dd89/32.png) [@Polycarp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Polycarp)\ **Post date:** [March 10, 2012, 3:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/saddest-onion-article-ever/615172/62 "2012-03-10T15:22:39Z")
> [@jz78817](#): > > thank you, President Bush. No, thank _you_ for illustrating my point. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![BigT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bigt/32/12044_2.png) [@BigT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BigT)\ **Post date:** [March 12, 2012, 4:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/saddest-onion-article-ever/615172/63 "2012-03-12T04:40:34Z")
> [@Illuminatiprimus](#): > > The bit I quoted originally would be a good place to start. Are you actually reading this thread or determined just to argue with me? Why would equating gay people being bullied with other people being bullied be “not taking something seriously” unless you thought that other people being bullied was not serious? You can’t have it both ways. Either gay bullying is worse than other bullying, and deserving of special respect, or it is not worse and thus worthy of equal respect. You’ve already stated that you were not claiming that gay bullying was worse, therefore there is nothing remotely disrespectful about that comment. ---
**Author:** ![Illuminatiprimus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/illuminatiprimus/32/11520_2.png) [@Illuminatiprimus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Illuminatiprimus)\ **Post date:** [March 12, 2012, 9:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/saddest-onion-article-ever/615172/64 "2012-03-12T09:05:09Z")
> [@BigT](#): > > Why would equating gay people being bullied with other people being bullied be “not taking something seriously” unless you thought that other people being bullied was not serious? > > You can’t have it both ways. Either gay bullying is worse than other bullying, and deserving of special respect, or it is not worse and thus worthy of equal respect. You’ve already stated that you were not claiming that gay bullying was worse, therefore there is nothing remotely disrespectful about that comment. I think I’m making pretty clear that I think gay kids who get bullied ARE deserving of some kind of special consideration (not sure why you would use the word respect here), hence why I said “I’m making the point that gay kids get their own distinct flavour of particularly nasty and concentrated bullying”. I completely accept that not ONLY gay kids get bullied badly, but on the whole we do tend to get it worse, including from our families too. I didn’t say anywhere that gay kids didn’t get bullied worse, so I’m not clear what point you’re trying to prove. ---
**Author:** ![Happy\_Lendervedder](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/happy_lendervedder/32/8488_2.png) [@Happy\_Lendervedder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Happy_Lendervedder)\ **Post date:** [March 12, 2012, 5:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/saddest-onion-article-ever/615172/65 "2012-03-12T17:22:28Z")
I still don’t get why you’re getting your knickers in a knot over a bunch of people empathizing with a fictionaly story about a bullied kid. People who aren’t even gay are empathizing in a very real way. ---
**Author:** ![Illuminatiprimus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/illuminatiprimus/32/11520_2.png) [@Illuminatiprimus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Illuminatiprimus)\ **Post date:** [March 12, 2012, 5:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/saddest-onion-article-ever/615172/66 "2012-03-12T17:54:20Z")
Oh fuck me forget I said anything. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/saddest-onion-article-ever/615172.md?page=3)