Is Free Speech Under Attack in this Country?
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Jaw
It's OVER 5,000!
My opposition is more to the movement than any one person. The push to normalize this has predictably resulted in lots of kids declaring themselves trans during the most confusing times of their lives. When this is fad is pointed out as dangerous by the likes of Abigail Shrier or the Harry Potter author, they're blamed as bigots or given the "literally killing people" line. It's absolutely absurd, and completely predictable, behavior from the social progressives. That is where the anger, outrage, resistance, or whatever you want to call it comes from among those opposing the movement.
I have no ill will toward the individuals suffering from this stuff, beyond their engagement in the above behavior. They're mentally ill, no different than people hearing voices or often living homeless on the street. I pity them for their confusion, for the trauma that led to their confusion, and for the twisted society that encourages their deviance instead of helping them see reality.
nsacpi
Expects Yuge Games
Looks like we have a latter-day version of the BYU ban on beards. How people wear their hair seems to me a form of expression. Even more it is a form of expressing one's identity. In the case of minors, it should be left to them and their parents.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2021/10/21/texas-students-long-hair-lawsuit/
School officials in Texas forced a 9-year-old boy to serve an in-school suspension for a month, deprived him of recess and normal lunch breaks, and banished him from campus to an alternative school — all to pressure the fourth-grader into getting a haircut, a new lawsuit says.
Still, the boy refused to obey what he believes is an unjust school policy that bans boys from having long hair.
The boy, identified as A.C. in court documents, is one of seven students suing a Texas school district for what they call a discriminatory policy that requires boys to wear short hair. The American Civil Liberties Union of Texas filed the federal lawsuit Thursday on the students’ behalf against the Magnolia Independent School District, which serves some 13,000 students about 40 miles northwest of Houston.
The students, aged 7 to 17, allege that the district’s policy prohibiting boys from wearing long hair is based on gender stereotypes that violate the Constitution. They say administrators apply it unevenly, allowing some boys to wear long hair that violates the district’s grooming standards while punishing others. Those suing the district said that punishment has caused them “immense and irreparable harm.”
the "immense and irreparable harm" part is hyperbole, albeit mild hyperbole by today's standards...but this strikes me as a significant case for those of us who care about freedom of expression...and i might add this is not a private company deciding what kind of activities to permit on its platform...or a private university banning beards...this is government infringing on citizens' freedom of expression
https://www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2021/10/21/texas-students-long-hair-lawsuit/
School officials in Texas forced a 9-year-old boy to serve an in-school suspension for a month, deprived him of recess and normal lunch breaks, and banished him from campus to an alternative school — all to pressure the fourth-grader into getting a haircut, a new lawsuit says.
Still, the boy refused to obey what he believes is an unjust school policy that bans boys from having long hair.
The boy, identified as A.C. in court documents, is one of seven students suing a Texas school district for what they call a discriminatory policy that requires boys to wear short hair. The American Civil Liberties Union of Texas filed the federal lawsuit Thursday on the students’ behalf against the Magnolia Independent School District, which serves some 13,000 students about 40 miles northwest of Houston.
The students, aged 7 to 17, allege that the district’s policy prohibiting boys from wearing long hair is based on gender stereotypes that violate the Constitution. They say administrators apply it unevenly, allowing some boys to wear long hair that violates the district’s grooming standards while punishing others. Those suing the district said that punishment has caused them “immense and irreparable harm.”
the "immense and irreparable harm" part is hyperbole, albeit mild hyperbole by today's standards...but this strikes me as a significant case for those of us who care about freedom of expression...and i might add this is not a private company deciding what kind of activities to permit on its platform...or a private university banning beards...this is government infringing on citizens' freedom of expression
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Jaw
It's OVER 5,000!
It's not even that. They're happy for the issues to be discussed, as long as the discussion reinforces their viewpoint. Saying that Levine is a biological male should not be controversial, it's an undisputed fact.
Jaw
It's OVER 5,000!
I'm sure it's ridiculous to suggest the removal of some of the books on that list. I'm also sure some of them should have never been in a school to start with. The photos of gay porn graphic novels found in VA and TX schools over the past few days have made that clear and will likely draw an overreaction. If you want to radicalize people, go after their kids.
To be fair, her title really doesn’t contradict there since she’s clearly aware of the current legal status. Still a dumb tweet, though.
zitothebrave
Connoisseur of Minors
How dumb are you?
""It is finally time for Republicans and Conservatives to fight back— we have more people than they do— by far! Boycott Major League Baseball, Coca-Cola, Delta Airlines, JPMorgan Chase, ViacomCBS, Citigroup, Cisco, UPS and Merck. Don’t go back to their products until they relent. We can play a better game than them," he said. "
https://thehill.com/homenews/state-...oycott-of-companies-protesting-georgia-voting
""It is finally time for Republicans and Conservatives to fight back— we have more people than they do— by far! Boycott Major League Baseball, Coca-Cola, Delta Airlines, JPMorgan Chase, ViacomCBS, Citigroup, Cisco, UPS and Merck. Don’t go back to their products until they relent. We can play a better game than them," he said. "
https://thehill.com/homenews/state-...oycott-of-companies-protesting-georgia-voting
goldfly
<B>if my thought dreams could be seen</B>
Oh man, a fraud boy is gonna be really upset with you now
I will happily protect the children of this nation from the communist color revolution.