Anonymous wrote:Freedom of speech

The First Amendment does not protect speech that:
- Incites imminent lawless action. This means the speech is intended to and likely to provoke immediate illegal activity.
- Constitutes a true threat. This involves a serious expression of intent to commit violence against a particular individual or group.
- Is considered "fighting words". These are words that by their very utterance inflict injury or tend to incite an immediate breach of the peace, and are typically limited to face-to-face encounters.
- Defames someone. This involves a false statement that harms an individual's reputation and can be proven false.
- Harassment. This refers to severe, persistent, and pervasive unwelcome conduct based on protected characteristics that unreasonably interferes with an individual's educational or employment environment.

There are consequences to racist speech. Employers, schools, social groups and/or platforms, public spaces, etc can still respond to such speech with disciplinary actions, termination of employment, social repercussions, law enforcement involvement, etc.

So, no, the First Amendment does not apply to all situations. Just don't be a racist POS.

Anonymous wrote:ES teacher used anti-Black slurs in class against a student. Incident isn’t isolated; everything was reported up the chain including to Taylor. Investigation has allegedly been pending for months.

Yet the teacher will get a new class on Tuesday. I can’t sit by and let it happen.

Whom to contact in the media? Alexandra Robbins comes to mind - anyone else?

Anti-black? When did we stop using the word racist? I'm assuming you're not black.

Anonymous wrote:Even if it goes to the news it changes nothing.

Any sunlight helps, even if one article or report doesn’t immediately change MCPS.

Ohhhhhh an elementary teacher made a remark in class that you've trained your kids to think is racist and everyone is fragile. Can't wait to hear this one. Hopefully it ends with the teacher suing the pants off the board like the last guy who was falsely accused.

Also try Homa Bash from Fox 5: homa.bash@fox.com

Email Ashlyn at Bethesda Today: ashlyn.campbell@bethesdamagazine.com

Even if it goes to the news it changes nothing.

Anonymous wrote:Alexandra Robbins

Is not a reporter

Alexandra Robbins

Anonymous wrote:I miss Caitlynn Peetz... who's the reporter who replaced her, again?

I think Ashlyn Campbell, but I don't know how good a reporter she is and if she'd be able to handle a story like this well.

Air her out here

Anonymous wrote:I miss Caitlynn Peetz... who's the reporter who replaced her, again?

She was the absolute best

I miss Caitlynn Peetz... who's the reporter who replaced her, again?

Freedom of speech

ES teacher used anti-Black slurs in class against a student. Incident isn’t isolated; everything was reported up the chain including to Taylor. Investigation has allegedly been pending for months.

Yet the teacher will get a new class on Tuesday. I can’t sit by and let it happen.

Whom to contact in the media? Alexandra Robbins comes to mind - anyone else?