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johnnyFive  ·  2718 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: The message sent to us from our daughter's kindergarten

    I just think it's another one of those things that's going to be over-reported now.

So we shouldn't call people out for this kind of thing?





AlderaanDuran  ·  2714 days ago  ·  link  ·  

Said nothing of the sort. I was only replying to the "Apparently this is okay now" comment, like kids never did this shit before. It's not "okay now", because it was being investigated and being taken VERY seriously by the school. It was just that sentiment of "Well Trump is president I guess it's okay to be racist now" type part that is kind of annoying, you know? Yeah, call it out. Everyone should. I do. It was just that passive aggressive part of the comment that gets to me. NO, of course this isn't okay.

That being said, because of the whole race issues being in the media thing, it's going to be over reported. So no, it's not okay, and people should call them out. My comment was not condoning these actions and I'm sorry if that wasn't clear.

When I'm using a stall at a bar, me seeing the words "faggot" or "nigger" written on the wall generally don't make national news. THAT is what I was getting at.

snoodog  ·  2718 days ago  ·  link  ·  

Some things belong in the PTA newsletter and not on CNN. An appropriate level of coverage for an appropriate sized problem