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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Re: "As a lawyer..."  Give the complaint a more detailed read, through a strategic lens, and pay attention to the dates.

As to "the image" one need only look at the actual assignment posted above and screenshot circulated on Twitter by Nysmith students -to recognize that the AG complaint is deliberately structured for maximum outrage.

If you are familiar with Machiavelli's "The Prince," reading that assignment should leave you feeling completely manipulated.  It reads as an obvious lesson in political realism and the dangers of certain leadership traits. If you aren't bothered by how this has been presented to you in the complaint, then perhaps you need to take a step back and consider your own biases.

Those parents, and these prestigious firms you speak of, deliberately and completely collapsed context to paint those students (nay, "the community") as little hitler worshippers.  We call that manufacturing a narrative, and in hindsight my skepticism meter should have been raising alarm bells from the word go.

Nobody- absolutely nobody- was celebrating Hitler or even making the suggestion of "strong leadership." Heck, if you read the assignment, it's not even Hitler, but a conglomeration of "current and historical figures."

So far as I'm concerned, this undermines the entire complaint, and it serves as a reminder that everything it alleges should be taken with a grain of salt.  It's from a single perspective of two scorned parents speculating about a lot of things they wouldn't be in a postion to know. And at the heart of the matter is an eleven year old girl in emotional distress at a vulnerable age.

Let's not pretend that the purported prestige of a lawfirm conveys due diligence and veracity.  A legal complaint is merely that.  Nysmith hasn't been served with anything.  There's been no investigation of any sort because that is what the complaint is requesting. It's on the AG to investigate.   The strategy of that complaint should be obvious, but unfortunately for Nysmith, outrage moves quickly and truth takes time.  [/quote]

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