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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]At the high school I teach at we have had one incident.  The principal made an announcement but that is it.

Honestly, I think it is better to not give more attention to the issue.  If we make a big deal about it, I think it would actually encourage kids to mess around more as an act of rebellion.

There is a huge lack of boundaries in school right now, so kids are doing more extreme acts in order to rebel and stand out.[/quote]

Would you say it was just kids messing around if they were targeting black people or Hispanics or really any other minority?

Describing it this way really minimizes what is going on. These kids know what they’re doing.[/quote]

Wondering if this attention has been somewhat counterproductive, possibly leading to increased incidents? Similar to why media doesn’t report the names of shooters, to discourage copycats from seeking fame in this way. [/quote]

So should we ignore all hate crimes? Or just the ones against Jews.[/quote]

Not drawing more attention than necessary is not the same as ignoring all hate crimes. [/quote]

As a Jew, I’m really disturbed by your approach to this. [/quote] face it. People only care about antisemitism if it comes from the right. [/quote]

I've received 3 emails from MCPS on this topic in the last two weeks and there have been at least a dozen local news stories. Tell me again about "no one cares." [/quote] if it were anti black or anti hispanic in nature it would have been national headlines and punishing the culprits wouldn’t have been ruled out [/quote]

Well that's crazy because her statement directly said that this is how they would proceed for any incidents of hate or bias against any group.[/quote]

That’s not how it plays out though and you know it.[/quote]

It is and I have no reason not to believe her.[/quote]

People have pointed to harsher punishments given out following incidents targeting other groups. Just admit you don’t want to be an ally to Jewish people.[/quote] worst part is many Jews don’t even care and are fine ignoring antisemitism unless it comes from the right [/quote]

I don’t think that’s true. I think they’re scared to admit we have very few [b]allies[/b] on either side.[/quote]

MAGA Republicans are huge Israel/Judaism supporters because of the teachings of evangelical and other types of Christianity.  But I don't think that the vast majority of the American Jewish community really wants them as "allies."[/quote]

They support the existence of Israel in which the same way that 19th century Northern Whites supported the existence of Liberia and other schemes for free Black Americans colonizing Africa. It’s not out of respect for sovereignty or understanding the need for a safe place. It’s to further their own ends.[/quote]

This is a flabbergastingly ill informed if not bigoted comment. Bringing the topic back to the alleged Whitman incident, compared to other events that occurred in MoCo schools and the demonstrably robust response by the school system to crush such hateful behavior, this tepid response is almost a tacit condoning of  antisemitism. How do such actions demonstrate respect for sovereignty and need for safe spaces of those students named to be placed on a burn list??[/quote]

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