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In reply to the discussion: Junior high teacher tells kid to remove Marines t-shirt or get suspended (has guns on it) [View all]99Forever
(14,524 posts)172. It was an example, smart guy.
But you being so very fucking brilliant and me being so very fucking stupid, I guess that never dawned on you. Welcome to gone. Forever.
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The Straight Story
Feb 2013
OP
I thought it was offensive to call someone "nuts" or "crazy", some hypocrisy here?
snooper2
Feb 2013
#105
Indeed that was the case...the media was in the midst of a meltdown and we did not have a clue
ProgressiveProfessor
Feb 2013
#76
Indeed it was. There is enough discrimination against the mentally ill in the county
ProgressiveProfessor
Feb 2013
#80
I would definitely vote as a Juror to "Leave it" if someone alerted on his post.
madinmaryland
Mar 2013
#193
Ha! You ever visit the I/P dungeon? I'd guess 50% of the comments are related to sources.
Purveyor
Mar 2013
#151
but, but...fox news and other places had it to, so it can't be real and us talk about it
The Straight Story
Mar 2013
#177
This appears to be the act of an over-zealous (or over-cautious) teacher
Jeff In Milwaukee
Feb 2013
#9
If you'd every met the guidance counselor, you'd be howling with laughter...
Jeff In Milwaukee
Feb 2013
#71
I know. They dress it up in high-sounding 'security' and 'educational' functions.
randome
Feb 2013
#21
I'd guess unless your military job is in communications, transportation, medicine, logistics,
hughee99
Feb 2013
#35
Every Marine, regardless of specialty, is first and foremost a rifleman
ProgressiveProfessor
Feb 2013
#38
Yes, and yet depending on their job, they can spend a vast majority of their time
hughee99
Feb 2013
#50
Its a more modern version of the cross-rifle insignia sported by US Army Infantry
Victor_c3
Feb 2013
#64
Wow. You want to send a teacher to counseling for asking a kid to turn his shirt inside out?
Nine
Feb 2013
#68
I said counsel...which means you sit down with the employee and discuss what happened
ProgressiveProfessor
Feb 2013
#73
Careful or there will be a counter reaction by the students and maybe the staff
ProgressiveProfessor
Feb 2013
#46
Good. We ne to do all we can to counteract the pro gun/ pro military mindset n this country.
bowens43
Feb 2013
#29
I take that to mean that this was the first time any of the staff did anything about it
ProgressiveProfessor
Feb 2013
#89
Isn't that what kids do? Dealing with it is a big part of what teachers do
ProgressiveProfessor
Feb 2013
#41
The Washington Post test is actually media independent and this is now on multiple media sources
ProgressiveProfessor
Feb 2013
#65
My kid was threatened with suspension and it wasn't even a rule violation
ProgressiveProfessor
Feb 2013
#103
If everyone wore shirts with pictures of guns on them, nobody would be scared of shirts
slackmaster
Feb 2013
#100
Have that law handy? I'd expect such a law to be struck down pretty damned fast on 1st am grounds.nt
X_Digger
Feb 2013
#119
I assume he means students at school where the BOR is strongly curtailed.
ProgressiveProfessor
Feb 2013
#122
The Supreme Court refused to hear a case challenging school dress code in 2010.
proud2BlibKansan
Feb 2013
#124
Adults who are employees would be covered under the district dress code.
proud2BlibKansan
Feb 2013
#125
Call it what you want, but its a form of speech that has greater protection than sexually explicit
onenote
Mar 2013
#154
If you didn't think a court would ever give corporations constitutional rights
onenote
Mar 2013
#165
Okay, then please clear up the issue: do you think corporations should have first amendment rights
onenote
Mar 2013
#168
Minors are not generally legally allowed to own sexually explicit materials in the US.
ZombieHorde
Mar 2013
#176
I think you are unable to back up your claims, so you use insults instead.
ZombieHorde
Mar 2013
#190
Might have been handled better. But truth is we don't need to be promoting guns in schools.
Hoyt
Mar 2013
#152
I see it more as an anti-public school/anti-public school teacher/anti-teacher union thing
ProgressiveProfessor
Mar 2013
#162