Quote:"With the intent to injure them"? Where did you grow up?


The idea behind "smear the queer" is to resemble a fumble situation in tackle football. You tackle the guy and the kids pile on, but that's it. Nobody had an intent to injure in the several times I've played the game. We always came away having fun, and typically everyone involved gets the ball at some point. It was never meant to pick on and injure a particular kid. I presume you were in the kind of neighborhood where kids playing "tag" would punch the kid who became "it."

I grew up in Jacksonville and went to a private school, one of the best out there, that catered to a wealthy white demographic. The "neighborhood" had nothing to do with it. It was straight up bullying. Single someone out as the "queer" then kick the [BLEEP] out of them.


Again, those participating are pieces of [BLEEP].

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