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In reply to the discussion: Cop Conducts Search for 'Gender Queer' Book in Eighth-Grade Classroom [View all]Chi67
(1,096 posts)3. What the fuck?
On what grounds did the police have the right to do this? Someone needs to be fired.
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Cop Conducts Search for 'Gender Queer' Book in Eighth-Grade Classroom [View all]
Ohio Joe
Dec 2023
OP
This actually reads like something out of the Onion.... it's actually hard to believe it's real. Ridiculous.
ashredux
Dec 2023
#16
Teachers are possibly gay. Students are possibly gay. Administrators are possibly gay.
twodogsbarking
Dec 2023
#24
I may be wrong but I believe that the police are obligated to respond to calls if they are on duty and
cstanleytech
Dec 2023
#34
I never said that I believed that it was porn nor that I agree with the actions taken here so dressing me down is
cstanleytech
Dec 2023
#63
Unless this involved child porn there was was zero (0) reason to even bring in a police officer into this.
cstanleytech
Dec 2023
#33
Gender Queer: a Memoir, by Maia Kobabe .....Thanks for the heads up, I now have another book on my list to purchase.
groundloop
Dec 2023
#35
Principal escorted? Principal should have forbidden the search. I'm guessing the Principal was in on this.
keopeli
Dec 2023
#36
Even more surprising is that Great Barrington is in the midst of a very progressive part of the state,
TheRickles
Dec 2023
#41
At least the policeman was in civilian clothes, not in camo or SWAT gear. So there's that to be thankful for....
TheRickles
Dec 2023
#57
What the kids learned: police are assholes and school administration are comlicit cowards
Wild blueberry
Dec 2023
#60
"Don't worry, guys, we're just looking for a naughty book. You can keep your phones."
gulliver
Dec 2023
#64