Suspending a child for this? Really? Are we THIS FUCKING SCARED!?!

laughing their asses off at us.

is ludicrously dichotomous, especially when right-wing stochastic terrorists continuously prod their audience to act out their hate with nary an official outcry.

Read this board and you will see the same mindset come up often.
Things have become ridiculous.

in lieu of useful change

We see these sorts of stories all the time. Have administrators yielded all common sense and nuance to the demands of zero tolerance?

I understand administrators are under competing pressures. But still..

My daughter (severely autistic with a seizure disorder) had a seizure at school; the principal called an ambulance.

I really hate this zero tolerance junk. There are some cases it may be appropriate for, but in most it is never a good strategy.

Back when I was in elementary school way back in the 1990's (god I feel old) I had a toy star wars gun that made noises and lit up when you fired. I wanted to bring it to school one day, because it was going to be a fun party toy and we were allowed to bring toys, but my mom told me that I couldn't because she thought it might get me in trouble. Even back then I thought that was stupid policy. Things must be a lot worse now though, because we had watergun fights several times during the spring months and the teachers would even bring guns and join in. Sadly, I doubt that happens anymore which sucks, because I think it's a good thing for elementary school teachers to kind of be friends with the students. It's not appropriate for high school or college, but it was one of the things I liked about elementary school.