Beth Barts details threats

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:NO one should get death threats. Under any circumstances.

But, if you think these threats are limited to School Board members, I'm pretty sure you are mistaken. If you think the threats are only against left liberals, you are also very mistaken.

It doesn't take the FBI to investigate death threats. If it does rise to that level, request for help should come from law enforcement --not the NSBA.

And, for Beth Barts, no one deserves death threats, but making an enemies list of people who disagree with you is despicable. Does it rise to the level of death threats? Of course not.

The School Board is arrogant, but I doubt it is the parents at the meetings who are giving them death threats. If they are, they should be arrested and charged. I have not yet watched the posted link, but several of the listed "offenses" on that NSBA letter have been challenged.

But, it is pretty troubling when a SB plays a part in covering up a rape. And, arresting a dad whose daughter was the victim because he wanted to speak up (remember, this was the night that the superintendent had "told" the SB that there were no reported assaults in the bathrooms.) The Superintendent knew and the School Board knew.

Beth Barts should not be getting death threats--but she is no heroine. And, honestly, I wonder if they are true.

The point of the article you didn’t read is she shared them with the journalist. Of course they are true. The people attacking her are awful, awful people who have behaved criminally and need to be prosecuted and jailed.

[Anonymous]

The point of the article you didn’t read is she shared them with the journalist. Of course they are true. The people attacking her are awful, awful people who have behaved criminally and need to be prosecuted and jailed.

I read the article. I didn't see any documentation.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:NO one should get death threats. Under any circumstances.

But, if you think these threats are limited to School Board members, I'm pretty sure you are mistaken. If you think the threats are only against left liberals, you are also very mistaken.

It doesn't take the FBI to investigate death threats. If it does rise to that level, request for help should come from law enforcement --not the NSBA.

And, for Beth Barts, no one deserves death threats, but making an enemies list of people who disagree with you is despicable. Does it rise to the level of death threats? Of course not.

The School Board is arrogant, but I doubt it is the parents at the meetings who are giving them death threats. If they are, they should be arrested and charged. I have not yet watched the posted link, but several of the listed "offenses" on that NSBA letter have been challenged.

But, it is pretty troubling when a SB plays a part in covering up a rape. And, arresting a dad whose daughter was the victim because he wanted to speak up (remember, this was the night that the superintendent had "told" the SB that there were no reported assaults in the bathrooms.) The Superintendent knew and the School Board knew.

Beth Barts should not be getting death threats--but she is no heroine. And, honestly, I wonder if they are true.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

The point of the article you didn’t read is she shared them with the journalist. Of course they are true. The people attacking her are awful, awful people who have behaved criminally and need to be prosecuted and jailed.

I read the article. I didn't see any documentation.

The sheriff deemed them credible enough to post a deputy outside her house.

Beth Barts told NBC Washington that the threats have also shifted to include her family and that a sheriff’s deputy was outside her house with flashing lights to stave off potential threats.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

The point of the article you didn’t read is she shared them with the journalist. Of course they are true. The people attacking her are awful, awful people who have behaved criminally and need to be prosecuted and jailed.

I read the article. I didn't see any documentation.

The sheriff deemed them credible enough to post a deputy outside her house.

Beth Barts told NBC Washington that the threats have also shifted to include her family and that a sheriff’s deputy was outside her house with flashing lights to stave off potential threats.

And the article did include photos of the threats.

[Anonymous]

Some of the people who posted those threats on FB didn’t bother to cover their tracks very well. A quick look at the court case registry suggests they aren’t in a great position to throw stones when it comes to morality.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

The point of the article you didn’t read is she shared them with the journalist. Of course they are true. The people attacking her are awful, awful people who have behaved criminally and need to be prosecuted and jailed.

I read the article. I didn't see any documentation.

The article itself is documentation. Do you think the author would write it if not shown the death threats? There was no need to cite them chapter and verse.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Some of the people who posted those threats on FB didn’t bother to cover their tracks very well. A quick look at the court case registry suggests they aren’t in a great position to throw stones when it comes to morality.

I especially love the one from Carlsbad, New Mexico.

[Anonymous]

Except for the ones talking about broken legs I think they aren't all that bad.

You can't call anyone names anymore?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Except for the ones talking about broken legs I think they aren't all that bad.

You can't call anyone names anymore?

One of them literally says they pray her girls “don’t meet the same fate.” Yeah, it’s an issue when your kids are threatened because you’re on a school board.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Except for the ones talking about broken legs I think they aren't all that bad.

You can't call anyone names anymore?

"A public hanging is in order."

You're like that time Trump said there were good people on both sides.

Despicable. Shame on you.

And, no, name calling is not appropriate in public discourse.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Except for the ones talking about broken legs I think they aren't all that bad.

You can't call anyone names anymore?

"A public hanging is in order."

You're like that time Trump said there were good people on both sides.

Despicable. Shame on you.

And, no, name calling is not appropriate in public discourse.

+1

"you will be hung by the neck until you are dead"

[Anonymous]

"dragged from your bed in the middle of the night until dead"

It's freaky how similar some of the language is. Almost like they are coordinated threats...

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:"dragged from your bed in the middle of the night **and hanged by the neck** until dead"

It's freaky how similar some of the language is. Almost like they are coordinated threats...

oops - missing the "hanged by the neck" part

[Anonymous]

Two observations based on what I have seen in my county (not FCPS):

1) When threats come from outside of the county or state they are taken seriously and cited as evidence of the hateful nature of the other side, yet good faith opposition to a position is characterized a being initiated by outside agitators.

2) I'm a government employee and we get threats all the time. It's very common, although it shouldn't be. I've been threatened, had bad fortune wished upon my kids, been told by someone that they hope I get cancer and die, and been called all sorts of abusive, sexist and derogatory names. Public school board members aren't the only public employees/officials who receive these types of threats.