The key word in my sentence that I believe you overlooked is fear. Fear is often irrational. I can guarantee, however, that there's some bully somewhere using

The key word in my sentence that I believe you overlooked is fear. Fear is often irrational. I can guarantee, however, that there's some bully somewhere using the fact that some poor kid owns an iPod as today's premise for insinuating that his victim is [insert homophobic slur here]. More than likely, this is happening in my home town. (Fuck that place.)