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laserhaas

(7,805 posts) Sat Feb 24, 2018, 10:56 PM Feb 2018

Others Join Promise to Protect/ Support Suspended Students

While Pro-Gun happy teachers are suspending students for their protesting guns, others, starting with M.I.T. are promising that such activism, will not have any negative effect.

On Twitter, an account holder named "Sydette" as @BlackAmazon , sings in accord.

I'm bring her support Yweet, and the Tweet she supports, to your attention; and a comment Tweet, on her thread - alarming.

National Public Radio notes that Texas suspends a vast amount of students; between 7th & 12th grades.

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Others Join Promise to Protect/ Support Suspended Students (Original Post) laserhaas Feb 2018 OP

The entire country is in an uproar and they're suspending students for protesting?? Rhiannon12866 Feb 2018 #1

Shame it takes this much of a tragedy laserhaas Feb 2018 #2

"Superintendent" needs a three-day salary suspension. IllinoisBirdWatcher Feb 2018 #3

What is wrong with these people laserhaas Feb 2018 #4

Rhiannon12866

(205,467 posts)

1. The entire country is in an uproar and they're suspending students for protesting??

Reply to laserhaas (Original post)

Sat Feb 24, 2018, 11:04 PM

Feb 2018

Students are going to Florida and DC from everywhere right now!

laserhaas

(7,805 posts)

2. Shame it takes this much of a tragedy

Reply to Rhiannon12866 (Reply #1)

Sun Feb 25, 2018, 12:22 AM

Feb 2018

But it is important to see unity for such an issue

IllinoisBirdWatcher

(2,315 posts)

3. "Superintendent" needs a three-day salary suspension.

Reply to laserhaas (Original post)

Sun Feb 25, 2018, 12:33 AM

Feb 2018

He's been nailed on Civil Rights abuse before:

A superintendent threatens to suspend students protesting gun laws. But that’s not legal.

Rhodes has been at the center of legal disputes before.

In 2008, a decision he made to forbid a Native American kindergarten student from wearing long hair was ruled to be a violation of the child’s right to religious freedom twice, by federal district and appeals courts.

From the New York Times (behind paywall for most) [link:https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/grade-point/wp/2018/02/21/a-texas-school-superintendent-threatens-to-suspend-students-protesting-gun-laws-but-thats-not-legal/?utm_term=.e3e2b24ecf6f|

laserhaas

(7,805 posts)

4. What is wrong with these people

Reply to IllinoisBirdWatcher (Reply #3)

Sun Feb 25, 2018, 03:14 AM

Feb 2018

Where do they get the notion they have authority to oppress?

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