Student suspended for tweeting that school sports teams were bad

May 12, 2013 19:42

A high school student in Wichita, Kansas, was suspended for the rest of the school year after tweeting a mild criticism of the school sports programs ( Read more... )

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lamardeuse May 13 2013, 02:46:15 UTC
Wow, so shocked that they suspended an African American student for some bullshit, even though he's the fucking class president. If he was a white kid it'd be all, "oh, boys will be boys", but the black man is INCITING A RIOT. JFC.

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gretchystretchy May 13 2013, 04:13:09 UTC
I'm not saying this isn't total bullshit - because it is - but comparing your football team to one that had to be disbanded in part because it never really recovered after a massive plane crash isn't the best idea. Not a suspendable idea, in any way, but certainly not a great one either.

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wrestlingdog May 13 2013, 11:49:31 UTC
That's a good point. Hadn't even occurred to me. Whoops.

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maenads_dance May 13 2013, 06:46:46 UTC
This is SO illegal. The ACLU or FIRE are going to be all over this shit.

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zinnia_rose May 13 2013, 07:44:34 UTC
I'm usually all for teens having to suffer consequences for stupid/offensive shit they post online, but this is absolutely ridiculous. Wichita Heights' athletes need to grow the fuck up.

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shortsweetcynic May 13 2013, 09:46:02 UTC
fucking football towns.

THIS IS NOT BULLYING. it's an opinion. fucking crybabies.

(no offense intended to crying babies, of course.)

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