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Eugene

(61,899 posts)
Fri Oct 29, 2021, 07:57 PM Oct 2021

A gay student talking about bullying at a Massachusetts school board meeting was shouted over by a w

Source: Insider

A gay student talking about bullying at a Massachusetts school board meeting was shouted over by a woman yelling 'This is the indoctrination'

Jake Epstein
Fri, October 29, 2021, 4:23 PM·2 min read

An openly gay Massachusetts student sharing her experiences with bullying at a school board meeting on Tuesday was left in tears after she was shouted over by a woman from the audience who called it "indoctrination."

Mackenzie Atwood of Franklin High School explained at the board meeting that she had been bullied because of her sexual orientation.

Atwood said she's heard from fellow classmates who have been called homophobic and racial slurs in the hallways.

But shouting from the audience interrupted her, as school committee chair Anne Bergen banged a gavel and called for the audience to let Atwood speak.

"It is extremely disgusting that you can look me in the eyes and say that I'm not being oppressed at this school," Atwood said as she broke down.

A woman in the background then shouted, "This has to stop. This is the indoctrination." Atwood tearfully yelled in response that there is "no such thing as the gay agenda" as Bergen kept banging her gavel.

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Read more: https://news.yahoo.com/gay-student-talking-bullying-massachusetts-202301304.html



Ms. Atwood starts talking about bullying about 38 1/2 minutes into the video.
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A gay student talking about bullying at a Massachusetts school board meeting was shouted over by a w (Original Post) Eugene Oct 2021 OP
... Faux pas Oct 2021 #1
indoctrination my eye . humbug. AllaN01Bear Oct 2021 #2
Ah yes indoctrination vercetti2021 Oct 2021 #3
These fucking adult bullies I_UndergroundPanther Oct 2021 #4
no words markie Oct 2021 #5
This message was self-deleted by its author jfz9580m Oct 2021 #6
There are assholes everywhere. CentralMass Oct 2021 #7

AllaN01Bear

(18,227 posts)
2. indoctrination my eye . humbug.
Fri Oct 29, 2021, 08:49 PM
Oct 2021

indoctrainzation is your constant lies misleading statment and so fourth. so hogwash. and gay adgenda , i have heard all that nonsense before, u idiots tried to overthrow a legitimate government of the usa and your candidtate lost. talk about indoctrinizaton is radicalizing right wingers to do violcnce against others and hate .so there too.

I_UndergroundPanther

(12,470 posts)
4. These fucking adult bullies
Fri Oct 29, 2021, 09:23 PM
Oct 2021

Need a huge can of whoop ass dumped on thier heads.

Oh and serve it with a side dish of pain.

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