Do you live in Washington area? You did not know about the riots last summer? Here is for starters: https://www.washingtonpost.com/religion/fire-set-at-historic-st-johns-church-during-protests-of-george-floyds-death/2020/06/01/4b5c4004-a3b6-11ea-b619-3f9133bbb482_story.html |
https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/dc-braces-for-third-day-of-protests-and-clashes-over-death-of-george-floyd/2020/05/31/589471a4-a33b-11ea-b473-04905b1af82b_story.html
another link for you--I guess if you did not know about this it shows what bias there is in the news Trying to find the part about the Secret service agents that were hurt and hospitalized defending the White House. |
The teacher attended the protest, he didn’t participate in the break in of the capitol. |
Where are you getting this info from, that he was one of the protestors who entered the capitol? |
As a liberal I actually believe in justice for everyone, not just people who agree with my views of the world. If this guy committed a crime, like breaking into the capitol or assaulting police, then by all means he should be fired. But he should not be fired for simply attending a protest. It's very scary to read some of the responses on this thread. |
Oh, okay, yes I did read about that. I guess I just disassociate myself and the major proponents of “Black Lives Matter” from whatever selfish idiots think looting and violence is okay or should play a part in PEACEFUL PROTESTS. No, that is not okay, I agree with you. What I meant was that a teacher who attended a PEACEFUL protest for a good cause (like equal rights for women, or saving the dolphins) should be able to talk about the experience with his or her class. |
Of course! I think everyone assumed he stormed the capitol. |
Why would everyone assume that? Are people even bothering to watch the video before responding? |
The First Amendment gives us the right to protest. I don't get to judge the protest and neither do you. |
Because we are lazy? |
There is absolutely no excuse for anyone in the Capitol that day. It was horrendous. But, the riots adjacent to the BLM protests were also horrendous. There was loss of property and life to many people as a result of them.
The assault on the Capitol was egregious and many people are being charged. Few were charged as a result of the BLM riots. |
Eh, I don’t know. A protest where people are chanting Fascist and racist crap? I can’t judge that? |
I'm the bolded and I agree with you. If he is found to have been inside then it's his actions he will have been.fired for (criminal activity). I don't believe I was clear on that. |
Here is the thing with "keep politics out of the classrooms", which to an extent I agree with, certainly. But it's much better to teach how to listen a s debate with facts and hear one another at a young age. Before the echo chambers
My other issue is when things that are just plain statistical facts are put as a "liberal position" , look to say that there are racial inequities in outvomws driven by history including recent policy is not a political stance. It just is reality. So standing against that kind of inequality and historic injustice isn't "politics", it's not. |