The Meltdown at a Middle School in a Liberal Town

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[–]Alienhunter糞大名 4 insightful - 1 fun4 insightful - 0 fun5 insightful - 1 fun -  (4 children)

It reads to me like everyone either exaggerating or making up incidents in some bizzare way to show they are more victimized.

The first bit for example, the accusation the school guidance counselor was casting out trans demons, that alone warrants a closet look but the story also claims that they passed out chocolate crucifixes? This sounds fake.

My take, social blindness towards not wanting to offend certain groups allows the schizos in those groups to get away with making shit up.

[–]IMissPorn 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (3 children)

the story also claims that they passed out chocolate crucifixes? This sounds fake.

On Easter maybe? I could possibly believe that.

You're right though, it does all sound a little suspect.

[–]Alienhunter糞大名 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (2 children)

I've never heard of chocolate crucifixes before. It sounds like the sort of thing an AI might think up.

Wouldn't eating the religious symbol of your god be offensive? Then again I guess communion is eating Jesus and drinking his blood so who knows.

[–]IMissPorn 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (1 child)

Well regardless of the questionable symbolism, they exist. Although any I've ever seen are larger than the type of candy you might expect to be passed out at school.

Pedant note: Yes I know crucifix technically means a cross with Jesus attached rather than just a cross, and no I don't think I've ever seen that rendered in chocolate.

[–]Alienhunter糞大名 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

Well regardless of the questionable symbolism, they exist.

Hah weird. Go figure. Sometimes reality is stranger than fiction.

They should add those to count chocula cereal.

[–]AriShekelsteinDDS 2 insightful - 2 fun2 insightful - 1 fun3 insightful - 2 fun -  (0 children)

Are there any actual adults involved in this story? Sounds likes a bunch of people who used the school as a political plaything and a place to whip their personal hobby horses. That includes “Jo’s” mother, who just seems to want special treatment for her little snowflake.

[–]UncleWillard56 2 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 0 fun3 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

"...the nexus of four liberal-arts colleges and a major public university."

There's your problem right there. None of this would be an issue if schools concentrated on actual academics instead of this constant bickering about social issues and religion. No place for either in these schools. It's the parents' job to teach kids about religion and sexuality, amongst other, non-academic topics. It's the teachers job to teach and prepare those kids for either college or work - to give them the academic skills to thrive in both. Public schools should be quarantined from all this nonsense.