Early Onset of Night: Sometimes The Left Acts Like The Right
An honors student in Fort Worth, Texas, was sent to the principal's office and punished for telling a classmate that he believes homosexuality is wrong. The classmate was a friend and the student said it in confidence.
The teacher overheard it, however, and sent the boy away to the powers that be…
I'm going to assume this is a public school, otherwise private schools do their own thing. In a public school the number one job of a teacher is to protect students and make sure they feel comfortable. This teacher did nothing wrong. Kids under 18 don't have the same constitutional rights as adults, otherwise they wouldn't need parents or guardians to make decisions for them. Also, in a public school they have to follow the school's rules, and the majority of that is making sure that kids feel safe and comfortable. Therefore, this teacher totally acted within his or her rights, and I'm glad the administration did something about it. It's not bullying, it's making sure that kids are safe and protected in schools.
I'm sure your tune would totally be different if this kid said the same thing about black folks or Jewish folks.
Except those that express unpopular opinions. Fuck those ones.
You don't protect bullies. You clearly have never been an educator. You clearly have never been responsible for over 100 students on a daily basis. It's really rather irksome when people who know nothing about education try and talk about it like they do.
The kid wasn't bullying. He turned to his friend and expressed an opinion. You don't like the opinion, so you define it as "bullying" so you can stop him from expressing it. There was no systematic hassling of gay kids. Nothing. Also, I'm not even remotely talking about education. I'm talking about free speech. And you know it.
