ACLU sues Jackson-Reed

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:The movie they wanted to show, Occupation of the American Mind, is very anti-semitic. It is narrated by Roger Waters who now freely wears Nazi uniforms to his concerts.

Don't be so dim. The costume is a prop. Go watch or listen to "The Wall" and you'll realize Roger Waters is thoroughly *not a nazi*.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Wow! I’m impressed with the students for not giving up

Why would they? It'll make a very persuasive essay for elite college admissions. Although maybe less so now than it would have a week ago.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:The movie they wanted to show, Occupation of the American Mind, is very anti-semitic. It is narrated by Roger Waters who now freely wears Nazi uniforms to his concerts.

Don't be so dim. The costume is a prop. Go watch or listen to "The Wall" and you'll realize Roger Waters is thoroughly *not a nazi*.

Sure…I am dim. You just ignore the garbage that comes out of his mouth? I guess you also think Clapton and Van Morrison are just peachy too.

[Anonymous]

Isn’t it ok to show the movie? They are not forcing anyone to watch it. Hasn’t it been established that the Israel-Palestine issue is contentious and there are multiple perspectives.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:The movie they wanted to show, Occupation of the American Mind, is very anti-semitic. It is narrated by Roger Waters who now freely wears Nazi uniforms to his concerts.

Don't be so dim. The costume is a prop. Go watch or listen to "The Wall" and you'll realize Roger Waters is thoroughly *not a nazi*.

Sure…I am dim. You just ignore the garbage that comes out of his mouth? I guess you also think Clapton and Van Morrison are just peachy too.

Well, you were talking about his "uniform", insinuating that he's a nazi. And you're wrong.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Wow! I’m impressed with the students for not giving up

Why would they? It'll make a very persuasive essay for elite college admissions. Although maybe less so now than it would have a week ago.

Maybe the students actually care about issues. Such a gross DCUM comment. Most of the kids standing up are seniors who know where they are going to school at this point.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Wow! I’m impressed with the students for not giving up

Why would they? It'll make a very persuasive essay for elite college admissions. Although maybe less so now than it would have a week ago.

Maybe the students actually care about issues. Such a gross DCUM comment. Most of the kids standing up are seniors who know where they are going to school at this point.

I'm not saying they don't also believe it. It's nonetheless a resume building activity for a whole set of colleges and elite institutions, a fact which I have trouble believing you're ignorant of.

[jsteele]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Wow! I’m impressed with the students for not giving up

Why would they? It'll make a very persuasive essay for elite college admissions. Although maybe less so now than it would have a week ago.

Maybe the students actually care about issues. Such a gross DCUM comment. Most of the kids standing up are seniors who know where they are going to school at this point.

I'm not saying they don't also believe it. It's nonetheless a resume building activity for a whole set of colleges and elite institutions, a fact which I have trouble believing you're ignorant of.

Colleges are in the process of suppressing pro-Palestinian speech and people are losing their jobs for supporting Palestinians (or having job offers revoked). So I am not sure why you immediately assume that this lawsuit will be a good thing on their resumes.

[Anonymous]

jsteele wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Wow! I’m impressed with the students for not giving up

Why would they? It'll make a very persuasive essay for elite college admissions. Although maybe less so now than it would have a week ago.

Maybe the students actually care about issues. Such a gross DCUM comment. Most of the kids standing up are seniors who know where they are going to school at this point.

I'm not saying they don't also believe it. It's nonetheless a resume building activity for a whole set of colleges and elite institutions, a fact which I have trouble believing you're ignorant of.

Colleges are in the process of suppressing pro-Palestinian speech and people are losing their jobs for supporting Palestinians (or having job offers revoked). So I am not sure why you immediately assume that this lawsuit will be a good thing on their resumes.

Don't break the law and keep your explicitly genocidal views to yourself and it's still a net positive. Maybe that'll change, and then I suppose we can see how many students were actually committed to this.

[Anonymous]

So DCPS will spend countless hours and dollars defending this suit at the detriment of school budgets. Just what our students need. This will impact all schools. There are better ways to get this in the news and discussed.

[Anonymous]

This the same school that indefinitely postponed readings of Maus and Night earlier this year. Is the JSU sewing too? Why don’t the groups get together and do a collective old fashioned sit in? Seems like a better use of resources. Where are the adults? Oh wait, the ACLU.

https://thejackson-reedbeacon.com/21675/news/students-teachers-struggle-to-discuss-israel-hamas-war/

https://www.washingtonpost.com/education/2023/12/19/schools-speech-israel-gaza-protest/

[Anonymous]

*suing, not sewing. Autocorrect. Before someone gets snarky.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:This the same school that indefinitely postponed readings of Maus and Night earlier this year. Is the JSU sewing too? Why don’t the groups get together and do a collective old fashioned sit in? Seems like a better use of resources. Where are the adults? Oh wait, the ACLU.

https://thejackson-reedbeacon.com/21675/news/students-teachers-struggle-to-discuss-israel-hamas-war/

https://www.washingtonpost.com/education/2023/12/19/schools-speech-israel-gaza-protest/

i was wondering that too …

[Anonymous]

The common thread for JR is that they don't want the negative publicity they expect to get if students (or maybe teachers?) have the opportunity to share their beliefs about this topic.

[Anonymous]

My understanding is that the students didn’t follow the proper procedures to get the film approved- they just put fliers up so that’s why the event was canceled.

It’s also my understanding that student clubs cannot do whatever they want- for example, a student couldn’t start a J-R White Supremecist Club. There are limits to free speech if students when it in a school-affiliated group.