Sentences with phrase «fear of ridicule anymore»

We've never been more accepted, and while some part of me mourns the loss that comes with acceptance, the slight sense that we aren't the same band of die - hards that have to stick together for fear of ridicule anymore — bedraggled but proud creatures huddled together in the trenches awaiting the latest onslaught from the media or the school bully — the much larger part of me basks in how new people are discovering my beloved hobbies and ashamed of that little errant thought.