Reply #2: I think in this case, even parents who normally

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don't support teachers much, or who are fairly conservative, see just how far gone and over the top the reaction is. ESPECIALLY the possible criminal charges; they see just how ridiculous that is.

My parents are retired English teachers, in their sixties. My stepdad has Alzheimer's now, but my mom has said more than once lately how glad she is that she's no longer teaching. My stepdad, especially, being a teacher in a small town, had to deal with small-minded, ignorant parents and community members all the damned time.