March For Our Lives - Parkland Students Demanding Action

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  • Meltdown99
    Meltdown99 None Of Your Business... Posts: 10,739
    Maybe the gun control activist need to start outspending the NRA ... with politicians it’s all about the money...
    Give Peas A Chance…
  • brianlux
    brianlux Moving through All Kinds of Terrain. Posts: 43,662
    Maybe the gun control activist need to start outspending the NRA ... with politicians it’s all about the money...
    This is true.
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    -Roberto Benigni

  • Bentleyspop
    Bentleyspop Craft Beer Brewery, Colorado Posts: 11,413
    Bumping to the top 
  • unsung
    unsung I stopped by on March 7 2024. First time in many years, had to update payment info. Hope all is well. Politicians suck. Bye. Posts: 9,487
    Maybe the gun control activist need to start outspending the NRA ... with politicians it’s all about the money...
    Planned Parenthood gives more to politicians than the NRA.
  • unsung
    unsung I stopped by on March 7 2024. First time in many years, had to update payment info. Hope all is well. Politicians suck. Bye. Posts: 9,487
    These walkouts are illegal.  Teachers are govt employees funded by the taxpayer.  Teachers are not allowed to engage in political activity while on the clock.  I will be calling my politicians tomorrow to demand the dismissal of all teachers that participate and also suspension of all students that disrupt class.
  • dignin
    dignin Posts: 9,478
    unsung said:
    These walkouts are illegal.  Teachers are govt employees funded by the taxpayer.  Teachers are not allowed to engage in political activity while on the clock.  I will be calling my politicians tomorrow to demand the dismissal of all teachers that participate and also suspension of all students that disrupt class.
    Haha.

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  • Halifax2TheMax
    Halifax2TheMax Posts: 42,172
    unsung said:
    These walkouts are illegal.  Teachers are govt employees funded by the taxpayer.  Teachers are not allowed to engage in political activity while on the clock.  I will be calling my politicians tomorrow to demand the dismissal of all teachers that participate and also suspension of all students that disrupt class.
    Tough guy is back! Woa! Exercising your freedom of speech and your right to petition for redress of grievances. Are you going to counter protest with your AK47 slung over your shoulder?
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  • RiotZact
    RiotZact Posts: 6,292
    unsung said:
    These walkouts are illegal.  Teachers are govt employees funded by the taxpayer.  Teachers are not allowed to engage in political activity while on the clock.  I will be calling my politicians tomorrow to demand the dismissal of all teachers that participate and also suspension of all students that disrupt class.
    You are hilariously predictable. If this was some school in Mississippi protesting liberal politicians trying to take away their guns, we would either A. Not here a peep from you or B. Hear you arguing for the kids’ 1st amendment rights.

    Call away, no one fucking cares. 
  • mrussel1
    mrussel1 Posts: 30,879
    My son is part of a group that is helping to organize a 17 minute "walk out".  The school system (suburban Richmond) is supportive and will not be taking any actions against the students.  I'm proud of them all, including the administration.

    As a comparative, when I was a senior in 91, our city failed to pass a school levy.  We pretended we cared the next day and about 200 kids walked out as a protest.  We quickly convened at someone's house and had a blowout party until a squad of cops came and arrested about 20 kids for consumption.  We didn't give a shit about the levy.  These kids care and they are better people than we were in '91!
  • brianlux
    brianlux Moving through All Kinds of Terrain. Posts: 43,662
    unsung said:
    These walkouts are illegal.  Teachers are govt employees funded by the taxpayer.  Teachers are not allowed to engage in political activity while on the clock.  I will be calling my politicians tomorrow to demand the dismissal of all teachers that participate and also suspension of all students that disrupt class.
    “Protest beyond the law is not a departure from democracy; it is absolutely essential to it.”
    -Howard Zinn
    "It's a sad and beautiful world"
    -Roberto Benigni

  • mrussel1
    mrussel1 Posts: 30,879
    brianlux said:
    unsung said:
    These walkouts are illegal.  Teachers are govt employees funded by the taxpayer.  Teachers are not allowed to engage in political activity while on the clock.  I will be calling my politicians tomorrow to demand the dismissal of all teachers that participate and also suspension of all students that disrupt class.
    “Protest beyond the law is not a departure from democracy; it is absolutely essential to it.”
    -Howard Zinn
    And they are anything but "illegal".  Evidently there is a grave misunderstanding between a school/administration policy and the law.  
  • mrussel1
    mrussel1 Posts: 30,879
    unsung said:
    Saturday or Sunday or after school isn't a good time to protest?  It isn't trolling.  Your kid's education is paid for by taxpayers.  

    That is one of the problems, parents not teaching responsibility.  Organize a Saturday march, do it on their time, not on the taxpayers dime.  It would be a larger impact.
    You are seriously fucked up.  
  • oftenreading
    oftenreading Victoria, BC Posts: 12,856
    Libertarianism in action, folks :weary:
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  • hedonist
    hedonist Posts: 24,524
    This isn't The Wall.  Children - and thankfully teachers too - are standing up.  Those who protest against the ones participating - as is your right - may there be tenfold supporting them.

    I am proud to be one of them.
  • josevolution
    josevolution Posts: 31,596
    unsung said:
    These walkouts are illegal.  Teachers are govt employees funded by the taxpayer.  Teachers are not allowed to engage in political activity while on the clock.  I will be calling my politicians tomorrow to demand the dismissal of all teachers that participate and also suspension of all students that disrupt class.
    Let me guess you don’t have kids , man I feel for you the way I see you is that you spend a lot of time alone ? Or with just your rifles the problem is weapons don’t make you feel love unlike what I feel every single day true love from my two kids & family ...
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  • josevolution
    josevolution Posts: 31,596
    Bump it for the kids even if the idiot bafoon has totally lied to your faces it’s imperative this movement stays alive , I’ll be at the march here @stoneybrook on the 24th ...
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  • unsung
    unsung I stopped by on March 7 2024. First time in many years, had to update payment info. Hope all is well. Politicians suck. Bye. Posts: 9,487
    Locally kids that don’t want to participate are going to be herded into the auditorium.  They are being bullied into participating.  This is a orchestrated effort run by adults.  This is a scam.  The teachers are showing them where to line up outside as well.
  • brianwp
    brianwp Posts: 139
    unsung said:
    Locally kids that don’t want to participate are going to be herded into the auditorium.  They are being bullied into participating.  This is a orchestrated effort run by adults.  This is a scam.  The teachers are showing them where to line up outside as well.
    This is from the principal of the middle school next door to MSD High School in Parkland. They are being told where to go for their safety. Hardly bullying...
    While WMS supports our students’ rights to make their voices heard and encourages peaceful and lawful protests, our concern is for the safety of our students. Parents, please talk with your children about the benefits and potential risks of walking out of school.

    WMS has designated the field behind the school to be a safe zone for a student-led walkout. In the event that students walk out, supervision will be in place for the designated safe zone behind the school. 

    Any violations of the Student Code of Conduct will be handled according to BCPS guidelines.

    Students not participating in the walkout should remain in class with their teachers.
  • josevolution
    josevolution Posts: 31,596
    unsung said:
    Locally kids that don’t want to participate are going to be herded into the auditorium.  They are being bullied into participating.  This is a orchestrated effort run by adults.  This is a scam.  The teachers are showing them where to line up outside as well.
    Stop already you are coming off really sad & pathetic , you never answered my ? Are you a parent ? 
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  • brianlux
    brianlux Moving through All Kinds of Terrain. Posts: 43,662
    unsung said:
    Locally kids that don’t want to participate are going to be herded into the auditorium.  They are being bullied into participating.  This is a orchestrated effort run by adults.  This is a scam.  The teachers are showing them where to line up outside as well.
    If that's how it is where you live, that's unfortunate because in a lot of places, these walk outs are something the kids really believe in.  I also think there's an age factor.  When parents stick a sign in a 5 year old's hand and have her or him carry it around, I suspect the kid thinks it's a game and often has no real opinion on an issue.  But if the kid is older, especially middle and high school age, they often have real opinions, real concerns and a desire to be heard.   I say, let's listen to them.
    "It's a sad and beautiful world"
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