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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]This culture is alive in schools, it's just hidden from everyone and wrapped in the social justice culture in our public schools. Although the intent seems correct, many people get caught up and hurt by it. For more information, please visit: https://www.nytimes.com/2019/10/31/style/cancel-culture.html. In my child's situation, it wasn't related to rape or anything as severe as nude, but [b]more in the lines of having a Christian value set and experiencing blowback about that, resulting in rumors being started about them being racist and bigoted.[/b][/quote]

Well, there are a lot of "Christian value set" people who are, in fact, racist and bigoted. I don't support children being "canceled" because their parents (you) taught them to be bigots, but this should be a wakeup call for your child that the beliefs they learned at home are not socially acceptable.[/quote]
Perhaps teach your kid that in America we have freedom of speech, and faith. Trying to make everyone believe just like you is bigoted.[/quote]

Don't give me that crap. It's not "intolerant" to tell you that if your kid says bigoted things, people won't want to be friends with them. Don't be such a snowflake. Own your bigotry and accept the consequences for your choices.

The freedoms you listed are granted by the Constitution to the people, not by other people to the people. You are free to say and believe whatever you want. I am free to tell you that I think you're a bigot for your beliefs. I'm not trying to get you to believe anything. I just think it's important that you understand that if you express beliefs that are hateful and intolerant, you can expect social repercussions because it's 2023 and bigotry is not socially acceptable the way you want it to be.[/quote]

Yeah, no. It is an entirely new and terrifying thing that a kid could make one mistake and be instantly ostracized by the entire peer group in a highly visible manner. Especially since the “mistake” may have been unintentional (see: the Walls “racist” incident.) Even if OP’s daughter said/did something offensive, my guess is that she is not David Duke. [b]The entire school ganging up on her is not right.[/b] [/quote]

Of course it is, if the whole school dislikes what she did.[/quote]

Not OP, but the chances are that 99.9% of the kids involved here have no idea what actually happened and believe the "queen bee" who started the rumor/told others a version of what happened this is incomplete and/or inaccurate.  So, they dislike what they think she did based on a warped version of events or complete lies.  They do not have the moral high ground here.

And there is a huge difference between someone choosing not to be friends with someone and what is likely happening, which is OP's child being targeted for nasty comments, and excluded/isolated during the school day.  [/quote]

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