Author Archives: TT Thomas

About TT Thomas

Writer, Editor, Reader, Reviewer, Thinker, Tinker, Accumulating Amazing Things That Other People Say and Do. A sense of humor will ensure longevity! My author website: www.ttthomas.com; my Indie Publishiing Services page (formatting, interior design, editing): https://tarrathomas.wordpress.com/

Keeping This Site Alive As An Archive

Although I am not actively posting on this site, I am keeping it live because of the many letters I have received about The Gay in Gaza posts and the various posts related to the bullying and subsequent suicides of … Continue reading

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But who gets to say when an “‘Eich-like’ person (as opposed to the person Brendan Eich) becomes an ‘Eichmann-like’ person? (Do you think I exaggerate—then please read on to the World War II historical part of this post.) Continue reading

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Is There Anything We Don’t Understand About This Picture?

Reblogged from: http://blog.sirmitchell.com/

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Sad On So Many Levels…R.I.P. Melissa Mia Hall

If this isn’t a stark reminder of why this country needs to keep the health care bill intact—no, in fact, enhance it, then nothing is. Another writer with hopes and dreams and a big heart. A heart that needed medical … Continue reading

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They are Gone: Brandon Bitner, 14

(Continued from Original Post) Another bullied teenager committed suicide early Friday morning, 5 November 2010. Brandon Bitner, a 14 year old boy from Mount Pleasant Mills, PA, walked several miles from his home around 2 a.m. to a busy intersection, … Continue reading

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Surviving Bullies: Peterr and the Flirtations Speak

This video (soundtrack, really–listen to the lyrics of the entire song) goes with a FABULOUS post by Peterr over at Firedoglake. His post is as moving as the song sung by the all-gay a cappella group The Flirtations. Recalling a … Continue reading

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Surviving Bullies: Jon Speaks

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Surviving Bullies: President Barack Obama Speaks

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SURVIVING BULLIES: Dan Speaks

The kids of people who see gay people as sinful or damaged or disordered and unworthy of full civil equality—even if those people strive to express their bigotry in the politest possible way (at least when they happen to be addressing a gay person)—learn to see gay people as sinful, damaged, disordered, and unworthy. Continue reading

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Surviving Bullies: Joel Speaks

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