Mets Decry Bullying But...

[bmfc1]

The good news is that the Mets held a press conference to decry bullying: Dave Howard, Chris Capuano, and some politicians.

http://mlb.mlb.com/video/play.jsp?content_id=19125093&partnerId=aw-5961002824091428724-1037

The bad news is that there is no mention of bullying as it impacts the LGBT community. Many other teams have made a "It Gets Better" video which specifically mentions LGBT youth.

Where is the Mets "It Gets Better" video?

[G-Fafif]

Every time I see that acronym in this context, I wonder who'd bully a bacon, lettuce and tomato sandwich.

[Ceetar]

bmfc1 wrote: The good news is that the Mets held a press conference to decry bullying: Dave Howard, Chris Capuano, and some politicians. http://mlb.mlb.com/video/play.jsp?content_id=19125093&partnerId=aw-5961002824091428724-1037 The bad news is that there is no mention of bullying as it impacts the LGBT community. Many other teams have made a "It Gets Better" video which specifically mentions LGBT youth. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rTYc0C1VpC0 Where is the Mets "It Gets Better" video?

I'm sure after last night someone can make some "inclusive" jokes about this. But bottom line is that it's hardly only gay youths getting bullied, and I wouldn't be surprised if the younger folk are rather more accepting of it than say their teachers. (At least no more than kids get bullied for ridiculous things like the wrong pair of shoes or a weird haircut)

[Guest Edgy DC]

The Mets need to be bullied into a broader anti-bullying statement.

[Frayed Knot]

bmfc1 wrote: The good news is that the Mets held a press conference to decry bullying: Dave Howard, Chris Capuano, and some politicians.

Always good to distinguish yourself from those pro-bullying organizations.

[seawolf17]

"Hey, Cap... go film the bullying PSA or I'm gonna kick your ass."

[Fman99]

The good news is that the Mets held a press conference to decry bullying: Dave Howard, Chris Capuano, and some politicians. Always good to distinguish yourself from those pro-bullying organizations.

"I heartily endorse this philosophy."

[seawolf17]

I'll believe the "it gets better" and/or "anti-bullying" PSAs the same day that teams stop putting dresses on the rookies and forcing them to get on a plane, by the way.

[G-Fafif]

seawolf17 wrote: I'll believe the "it gets better" and/or "anti-bullying" PSAs the same day that teams stop putting dresses on the rookies and forcing them to get on a plane, by the way.

A-fucking-men. (Which is probably a setup for some homophobic locker room joke.)

[Guest Edgy DC]

Whether it's defying bans on symbolic hat gestures, or forsaking dresses for the rookies, or cream-pie facials, or pink backpacks, or "Rock and Roll, Part II," or "Sweet Caroline," anything that makes a team different from the pack is good.

[Ceetar]

Edgy DC wrote: Whether it's defying bans on symbolic hat gestures, or forsaking dresses for the rookies, or cream-pie facials, or pink backpacks, or "Rock and Roll, Part II," or "Sweet Caroline," anything that makes a team different from the pack is good.

Weren't the Mets fairly unique with the pink backpack? I know it's been co-opted by most of baseball, specifically the Phillies, lately but were all teams doing it for as long as the Mets?

[Guest Edgy DC]

bmfc1 wrote: The good news is that the Mets held a press conference to decry bullying: Dave Howard, Chris Capuano, and some politicians. http://mlb.mlb.com/video/play.jsp?content_id=19125093&partnerId=aw-5961002824091428724-1037 The bad news is that there is no mention of bullying as it impacts the LGBT community. Many other teams have made a "It Gets Better" video which specifically mentions LGBT youth.

Between the 20-50 seconds, Howard says, "In recent years, we've placed a greater focus on that element, because the behavior has now extended to... even extend beyond racial and ethnic issues, and has extended into... certainly to sexual orientation, which is another thing that has to be confronted when we deal with anti-bullying."

[bmfc1]

Nice effort but it's not part of the "It Gets Better" campaign as I had hoped:

http://mlb.mlb.com/video/play.jsp?content_id=19200499&partnerId=aw-5305746529453925875-1037

[Guest Edgy DC]

But there certainly is explicit mention of it.

[bmfc1]

By whom? Which unshaven Met says "LGBT"?

[Guest Edgy DC]

Nobody specifically says "LGBT." You're right. Few people ever mention the abbreviation when speaking. The Mets representative here refers to these sexual orientations under the umbrella term "sexual orientation." He doesn't specifically mention black people or white people or brown people either, but says "race." Is that a hair worth splitting and indicting somebody over?

[Guest attgig]

bmfc1 wrote: By whom? Which unshaven Met says "LGBT"?

so if they don't say things in the exact words or way you want them to say it, they didn't do it right?

cmon...

[metirish]

Fucking Bay is so dour......

[Benjamin Grimm]

metirish wrote: Fucking Bay is so dour......

I wouldn't know. I haven't tried it.

[Guest John Cougar Lunchbucket]

Its well known the Mets are against bullying Gays and Lesbians but favor bullying of Transgendered elementary school kids. It was a technical thing.

[bmfc1]

Six major league teams say "LGBT" or "sexual identity". There's no code, no "they mean it even though they don't say it". Why don't the Mets say it?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bcpkRL_5IYk&feature=relmfu

[ashie62]

Benjamin Grimm wrote: metirish wrote: Fucking Bay is so dour...... I wouldn't know. I haven't tried it.

Fuck Bay.

[Guest Edgy DC]

bmfc1 wrote: Six major league teams say "LGBT" or "sexual identity". There's no code, no "they mean it even though they don't say it". Why don't the Mets say it?

So "sexual identity" is saying it but "sexual orientation" isn't?

[bmfc1]

The Mets don't say anything about sexual orientation. What video are you watching? I'm watching the one where David Wright is carefully positioned at an angle, Bay didn't shave, Capuano looks odd, that video.

[Guest Edgy DC]

Every time I click your link, I initially get a video featuring David Howard, Chris Capuano, Chirstine Quinn, and Julissa Ferreras. I transcribed 20 seconds of Howard's comments above.

http://mlb.mlb.com/video/play.jsp?content_id=19125093&partnerId=aw-5961002824091428724-1037

[bmfc1]

http://mlb.mlb.com/video/play.jsp?content_id=19200499&partnerId=aw-5305746529453925875-1037

[Guest attgig]

bmfc1 wrote: Six major league teams say "LGBT" or "sexual identity". There's no code, no "they mean it even though they don't say it". Why don't the Mets say it?

so, it only gets better for young LGBT people, but not for anyone else?

[Guest LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr]

attgig wrote: Six major league teams say "LGBT" or "sexual identity". There's no code, no "they mean it even though they don't say it". Why don't the Mets say it? so, it only gets better for young LGBT people, but not for anyone else?

This antibullying campaign-- like the whole of the "It Gets Better" concept-- is focused primarily on bullying faced by LGBT teens, in the wake of several prominent suicides by such teens over the previous year (Tyler Clementi, the Rutgers kid, e.g.).

So, yeah, in brief: "Come ON."

[Ceetar]

LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr wrote: Six major league teams say "LGBT" or "sexual identity". There's no code, no "they mean it even though they don't say it". Why don't the Mets say it? so, it only gets better for young LGBT people, but not for anyone else? This antibullying campaign-- like the whole of the "It Gets Better" concept-- is focused primarily on bullying faced by LGBT teens, in the wake of several prominent suicides by such teens over the previous year (Tyler Clementi, the Rutgers kid, e.g.). So, yeah, in brief: "Come ON."

Presumably we should wait until some muslim kids kill themselves before we promote anti-bullying based on religion.

[bmfc1]

Thank you LWFS.