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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Hot mess. But this part:

“ “I’m not saying that some of these students don’t cause problems,” an arms staff member said, of the kids who were frequently disciplined at the school, “but they are the ones who face the most social ills in society. They’re the ones with a single mom working two jobs. They’re taking care of their younger siblings.” Herrington described a divide between families as, on one side, kids who live in spacious single-family homes, and, on the other, kids who live in apartment complexes, many of whom use Section 8 vouchers. “The kids from the apartments—they’re those kids, whether people will say it that way or not,” Herrington said.”

Reminds me of the story behind the young woman (now in her early-mid 20s) and her family who are suing FCPS over mishandling her sexual assault allegations that occurred when she was a student. A school administrator told her when she reported being r*ped by a boy that the boy had been through a lot and you shouldn’t ruin his life, or something like that. So we’re definitely still protecting some kids over others. [/quote]

This Amherst situation was faaaaaaar from rape. It was a whiny trans kid and their parents being ridiculous and an incompetent (is there any other kind?) DEI administration responding stupidly. Clowns. All of them.[/quote]

I get what you’re saying and don’t 100% disagree. No one came off well in this article and no one was 100% “the victim.” Not the two trans/NB kids or their parents, not the kids accused of bullying them, not the counselors or staff. It sounds like a total clown show. But some people under diversity initiatives, have continual excuses made for their behavior. Imagine if the trans kid was being bullied by a conservative white boy whose parents were Trump supporters. Even if he said all the same things the kids in this article did because he was Catholic or evangelical and those were his beliefs. He wouldn’t be let off the hook, even though the counselors would have seemingly agreed with him.

It’s tough to thread the needle on the trans stuff because [b]most arguments against it and most people who oppose it do so from a religious point of view.[/b] And public schools should be secular and not endorse any religious viewpoint. And minorities in the US are more likely to be religious and hold conservative views in that regard while generally being liberal in other views and mostly voting for Democrats. There’s secular/feminist arguments against trans too but for whatever reason we tend to disregard them. [/quote]

The bolded is not remotely true. [/quote]

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