Good. Maybe a few kids will learn something about the election process.

SphericalTime: Good. Maybe a few kids will learn something about the election process.

Got rid of the superfluous stuff for you.

SphericalTime: Good. Maybe a few kids will learn something about the election process.

Or how to take a punch to the mouth.

TFA: Esman says some students were told not to mention Obama's name or discuss the election at all. She is encouraging schools to treat Inauguration Day next Tuesday as a teaching tool.

Okay, kids. Open your textbooks to page 251. Sally, would you please read the opening passage from Great Expectations?

[Sally reads]

Excellent. So what would Obama say about this opening? Yeah. I think there are too many white people in this book, too.

It's a sad day in Louisiana when a black man becomes president.

/nobody would care about suppression if Hillary were elected

It's nice to know the ACLU is telling school districts how to manage internal discipline issues along with dictating curriculum.

I am wondering if the students can say that, "They will Pray for our president."

Probably not. The word "express" must be used in a non-offensive manner.

sepuku2: It's nice to know the ACLU is telling school districts how to manage internal discipline issues along with dictating curriculum.

More like warning school districts not to impermissibly infringe upon the students' First Amendment rights under the false guise of "internal discipline."

sepuku2: It's nice to know the ACLU is telling school districts how to manage internal discipline issues along with dictating curriculum.

Not to worry - the curriculum has been dictated by the UN for decades:

sepuku2: It's nice to know the ACLU is telling school districts how to manage internal discipline issues along with dictating curriculum.

FTFY.

/Farking ACLU, is there anything they aren't screwing with?

sepuku2: It's nice to know the ACLU is telling school districts how to manage internal discipline issues along with dictating curriculum.

When you have public schools saying students can't talk about an election, yeah the ACLU will get its hackles up and rightfully so

students in some Louisiana communities were punished for voicing support for Obama's victory in the November election.


Well yea, that would be bullshiat.

Are there specific examples of this happening? Why do I live in such a retarded state?

cartersdad: I am wondering if the students can say that, "They will Pray for our president."

Yeah, you're right, they probably wouldn't ever defend the religious freedom of a public school student.

"The ACLU of New Jersey (2007) defended the right of an elementary school student who was prohibited from singing "Awesome God" in a voluntary, after-school talent show for which students selected their own material. The ACLU submitted a friend-of-the-court brief. After a favorable settlement was reached for the student, the federal lawsuit was dismissed."

UncleCal: /Farking ACLU, is there anything they aren't screwing with?

How is insisting public institutions adhere to the first amendment dictating curriculum?

sepuku2: It's nice to know the ACLU is telling school districts how to manage internal discipline issues along with dictating curriculum. still looking out for those without the means to look out for themselves.

Remember that girl who was taken to task by her teacher for wearing a McCain shirt (or was it Obama? I get them confused) to class? I don't have a link, but this was real harassment (I think the child in question was under 10) - made to stand up before the class and tell them why McC/O was the worst thing America could do. The ACLU would have issued the same press release to the schools, had they known what Wentzes lurked therein.

So firing guns into the air and looting is allowed?

Fun with the ACUL:

1.Make giant ugly-ass signs advocating the abolition of the 1st amendment with clashing color that violate city ordinances, then get a citation for them.


2.Call up the ACLU and say your constitutional rights are being infringed.

3.Tell them what your signs say

4. Laugh at their confusion.

Obama had to constantly deal with stupid lies and rumors and crap about him being a Muslim, being a terrorist, wanting to teach kindergartners about sex, etc. I am glad Barack won. ThatOne is the man!!

Well hey if the school is punishing kids for liking or talking about the next president then damn straight the ACLU should say something.

Esman says some students were told not to mention Obama's name

They think he's the Candyman.

Good thing the governor can do exorcisms.

WhyteRaven74: UncleCal: /Farking ACLU, is there anything they aren't screwing with?

How is insisting public institutions adhere to the first amendment dictating curriculum?

FTFA: She is encouraging schools to treat Inauguration Day next Tuesday as a teaching tool.

fernt: sepuku2: It's nice to know the ACLU is telling school districts how to manage internal discipline issues along with dictating curriculum.

Not to worry - the curriculum has been dictated by the UN for decades:

Uh-huh... And be sure to check under your bed for George Soros before you go to sleep.

1derful: Fun with the ACUL:

1.Make giant ugly-ass signs advocating the abolition of the 1st amendment with clashing color that violate city ordinances, then get a citation for them.


2.Call up the ACLU and say your constitutional rights are being infringed.

3.Tell them what your signs say

4. Laugh at their confusion.

Oh that could be fun.

I have found that a person's opinion of the ACLU is a powerful and incisive acid test. If I come across a person with a negative opinion of the ACLU, I can be virtually certain that that person is an idiot.

fernt: sepuku2: It's nice to know the ACLU is telling school districts how to manage internal discipline issues along with dictating curriculum.

Not to worry - the curriculum has been dictated by the UN for decades:

Are you serious?

Hideously Gigantic Smurf: Uh-huh... And be sure to check under your bed for George Soros before you go to sleep.

He stays in my closet at night and plays with my dildos.

sepuku2: How is insisting public institutions adhere to the first amendment dictating curriculum?

FTFA: She is encouraging schools to treat Inauguration Day next Tuesday as a teaching tool.

Encouraging != dictating.

WhyteRaven74: UncleCal: /Farking ACLU, is there anything they aren't screwing with?

How is insisting public institutions adhere to the first amendment dictating curriculum?

The students and teachers and administrations certainly have first amendment freedoms, but not to be disruptive and jerks about it.

I just find it difficult to believe that the "school administration" is enforcing a policy of 'no discussion of politics' or 'let's not celebrate the new president', when they celebrate the presidents on holidays every farking year.

More likely, the teacher was just trying to keep the students focused on the work in the classroom and trying to prevent disruptions. Someone got their nose out of joint. There must be more to this story than reported. There ususally is.

Why the ACLU needed to get involved seems to be a bit extreme.

I am not against first amendment freedoms, just pointing out that there are instances that the ACLU sticks its nose in to too many places.

In an open letter sent to school superintendents this week, ACLU of Louisiana executive director Marjorie Esman expressed concern that students in some Louisiana communities were punished for voicing support for Obama's victory in the November election.

Let's try to remember that this is Louisiana we're talking about. There are some areas that seem to be semi-comfortable inching into the 1940s.

/Deep South? Nothing really all that deep there
//Y'all

sepuku2: It's nice to know the ACLU is telling school districts how to manage internal discipline issues along with dictating curriculum.

Hell I hope not only the ALCU but every American has a say in what a school districts does. Plus isn't an educational institute where we teach kids to express their ideas and thoughts? Why minimize this because a darkie is president.

sepuku2: WhyteRaven74: UncleCal: /Farking ACLU, is there anything they aren't screwing with?

How is insisting public institutions adhere to the first amendment dictating curriculum?

FTFA: She is encouraging schools to treat Inauguration Day next Tuesday as a teaching tool.

Also FTFA: Esman says some students were told not to mention Obama's name or discuss the election at all.

sepuku2: FTFA: She is encouraging schools to treat Inauguration Day next Tuesday as a teaching tool.

You're absolutely right. "Encouraging" is the same as "dictating."

DarnoKonrad: Well yea, that would be bullshiat.


I strongly suspect those statements are misleading. It seems more likely that some students were warned because they were overly celebratory, etc, during school time. Voicing support is fine. Disrupting a public school is not.

Example - If I jump up in down in the classroom waving my arms, in the middle of class time, screaming my head off about how Allah is great, and the teacher tells me to sit down and be quiet, am I being punished for being Muslim? Are my rights being violated?

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fernt: sepuku2: It's nice to know the ACLU is telling school districts how to manage internal discipline issues along with dictating curriculum.

Not to worry - the curriculum has been dictated by the UN for decades:



Do you always have to shoehorn unrelated crap into every thread?

1derful: Fun with the ACUL:

1.Make giant ugly-ass signs advocating the abolition of the 1st amendment with clashing color that violate city ordinances, then get a citation for them.


2.Call up the ACLU and say your constitutional rights are being infringed.

3.Tell them what your signs say

4. Laugh at their confusion.

ACLU wouldn't care. They've stood up for people who hate America's freedoms too.

Just ask Oliver North

ThrobblefootSpectre: I strongly suspect those statements are misleading. It seems more likely that some students were warned because they were overly celebratory, etc, during school time. Voicing support is fine. Disrupting a public school is not.

If there's any evidence of this beyond your post, I'd agree with you.

sepuku2: FTFA: She is encouraging schools to treat Inauguration Day next Tuesday as a teaching tool.

That's just a nice way of saying "Don't be a bunch of fascists this time."

UncleCal: I am not against first amendment freedoms, just pointing out that there are instances that the ACLU sticks its nose in to too many places.

Like your bedroom and doctor's office?

Oh pardon me, that's the religious right, isn't it?

My 8 year old brought home a permission slip from school asking if he was allowed to watch highlights of the inauguration next week. Either watch the inauguration or participate in 'alternate activities'. This is at a language immersion school.

ThrobblefootSpectre: I strongly suspect those statements are misleading. It seems more likely that some students were warned because they were overly celebratory, etc, during school time. Voicing support is fine. Disrupting a public school is not.

Example - If I jump up in down in the classroom waving my arms, in the middle of class time, screaming my head off about how Allah is great, and the teacher tells me to sit down and be quiet, am I being punished for being Muslim? Are my rights being violated?

Oh please. Don't bring logic and reason into this thread. It's all or nothing hyperbole day and your not supposed to disrupt the raving loonies on both side of the argument.

ThrobblefootSpectre: Example - If I jump up in down in the classroom waving my arms, in the middle of class time, screaming my head off about how Allah is great, and the teacher tells me to sit down and be quiet, am I being punished for being Muslim? Are my rights being violated?

No, and I'm sure everyone else in your special education class would agree.

Having grown up in LA and being myself a product of a Louisiana public education... I'd say the school system needs as much intervention as possible, by the ACLU or anyone else who gives a flying fark.

That armpit of the US needs to be flushed. The only good thing about LA is bourbon st and the liberal gun laws.

How many of the students even know what the three branches of government are ?

I assume that what the ACLU means is that kids who are a part of white supremacist organizations, the Klan, Michael Savage's fan club, etc., should be permitted, nay, encouraged to discuss publicly the impending doom of America now that we've elected a darkie to be our President.

I mean, right? The ACLU is fighting for the kids' right to engage in UNPOPULAR speech, right?

/looky, snowballs in hell

Angel of Death: I can be virtually certain that that person is an idiot.

Probably not 100%, but yes that is a very very good litmus test for ones proclivity to sheer stupidity.

A simple, "What's your specific problem with the ALCU" is usually met with dumbfounded silence or bizarre proclamations of defending abortionists.

sepuku2: It's all or nothing hyperbole talking about what the article actually says day