Half the school board thinks Keith deserves a third chance (that’s right, not his first time making inappropriate comments to a child).
They say only he can decide if he wants to step down. They did vote in favor of censuring him. The rest of the school board members that laughed during the comment and touching of a child faced no repercussion. Some even pretended to be offended during the emergency hearing.
Think about what it’s said and done when cameras are off.
Willing to put a month’s wages down on which party he’s affiliated with.
Really either one honestly. The dems are just better at hiding it.
“The standard you walk past, is the standard you accept.” --Lt. Gen. David Morrison, former head of Australian Army.
Amusingly he was talking about a situation where male soldiers were sexually assaulting female soldiers, while a larger group of servicemembers knew this was happening but did nothing to stop or report or prevent it.
He’s 100% right though. The standard this school board walks past, and thus the standard they accept, is one of their own sexually harassing a teenage girl.
Every one of them that laughed or snickered or whatever should be removed.
why would he be removed? he goes to church on Sunday.
also, bring back punching people in the face in public
I seriously wonder how far away the US is from stoning women and girls to death for not being virgins…
I think stoning is too closely associated with Islam/Arabic nations, whipping or nailing to a cross would be more appropriate for the US
No, the Old Testament definitely advocates for stoning. That was what the whole “let he who is without sin cast the first stone” thing in the New Testament is referring to. Jesus was stopping a stoning. But many conservative Christians conveniently forget that the New Testament is a thing, and refer almost exclusively to the Old Testament for their teachings.
You’re absolutely correct! But do you expect the average American to have read the Bible? let alone the old testament?
Somebody immediately blocked me yesterday, despite me never speaking to them or having seen them before, because I said we needed to start using violence against people who do this shit. It’s the only way to stop it, because clearly holding them accountable doesn’t work in the US. If it did, we wouldn’t have a pedophile for a president.
How do we know holding them accountable doesn’t work? We’ve never actually tried it.
Yes, that’s the problem, thank you for stating the obvious, you truly are an intellectual.
Anyway, sounds like the real problem is that our laws aren’t being enforced. So maybe we should deal with that instead of normalizing vigilante justice.
Violence is a circle. You do it to someone, they do it to you. The only way to stop that cycle is to kill your target. Now murder’s on the table for anyone who thinks a type of person is unacceptable, which is only sensible until it really, really isn’t. Operating under the assumption that violence is a reliable deterrent will ultimately get you killed, man. Unless you plan on being the only guy with the nuclear option at your disposal. Good luck with that one.
Peace should be the standard, even when it’s hard. Don’t get me wrong, there are people I won’t shed a tear for when they get hurt. But I would consider the best case scenario to be “a problematic person course corrected before they hurt anyone” and the next best to be “a problematic person learned from their mistakes”. That’s what accountability looks like imo, and we don’t always meet that mark. That’s a shame, but not big enough that violence is the only answer we have. We can and should be better than that.
so the only thing we disagree on is whether or not we’ve reach the last resort?
I don’t think we have yet. Not for this guy, at least. He called a kid hot, in front of colleagues who were amused by it, and the proof is undeniable. I’m sure enough local pressure could get him (and maybe his colleagues) fired, and a black mark on his character would be even better. People should let him know what they think of him everywhere he goes.
That said, the president and his ilk…tbh that’s where I struggle to find the peaceful option. Can’t find a better representation of institutional failure. Violence won’t necessarily make things better, but I can’t shake the feeling we’ve been backed into a corner.
How did you know they blocked you?
Piefed, which I use, has actual blocking, unlike Lemmy. You cannot reply to someone that has blocked you on Piefed, the option is greyed out and you are given an error that says “you are blocked by this person” if you try. if that person is a mod, you also cannot post to any of their comms, if I remember correctly.
also, they said they were going to block me.
Ah, I see! That’s a nice feature.
That’s a nice feature.
that’s a shitty feature and i wouldn’t participate anywhere where they have that. you are free to ignore whomever you want, but this is “i have a last word” button and that is retarded.
you can’t have the power to say whatever bullshit you want publicly and then prevent people from calling you out.
Isn’t your suggestion just holding people accountable?
I meant through the legal system, but yeah. But apparently wanting to use violence makes me “exactly as horrible” as a pedophile. 🤷♂️
These are the same people who see rape and murder as the same levelof sin as being gay. I was raised around that type of bs.
“i dont hate you for being gay, its just your burden. Like johnny is pedo, and pam is a murderer, and frank is a thief. We’re all sinners and its not our place to judge”
i wish i was kidding…
Idk why punching people in the US is treated exactly as bad as shooting people but its stupid to think a bloody lip is the same as like a bullet hole.
might have something to do with the fact that when you punch someone, they can shoot back. but yeah, i agree that this person should be handled by the community. i would think that the kid has a father and he has some friends…?
Idk, but somebody who does shit like he did definitely deserves a few guys taking them out back behind the building to give them a real good beating.
If saying that makes me “exactly as bad” as them then so be it, I’ll be the bad guy and take one for the team. 💪
“Exactly as horrible” is unfair to you. But it sounds like you’re advocating to give up on rule of law and just have the strongest most violent people be the ones to decide what’s right. And I’d argue that you’d just get back to where we are right now: wealthy people would control the system, they’d employ strong violent people to enforce their personal whims as “law”, and you’d be complaining that nobody is willing to beat up the pedophile (because his friends would hire goons to kill them).
I mean, presumably that’s what’s stopping you personally from implementing your own recommendation, right? Because if you showed up and kicked this guy’s ass you’d be beaten and arrested by the police.
wealthy people would control the system
oh no, I’m a leftist. the plan is to murder the rich people. then they can’t do anything to stop you. I’m a big fan of a firing squad, but one of the other AN admins suggested slow roasting over a fire. I’m also partial to putting them on wooden stakes like Vlad the Impaler, but we can figure it out as as we purge them, I suppose. maybe a little bit of everything?
Holding people accountable works if they are actually held accountable.
Right, which didn’t happen. So it doesn’t work. Flushing a toilet gets rid of poop, when it works. When it doesn’t flush, it doesn’t work.
Whatever you say, Batman. Are you the one who’s going to deliver the punch?
Plenty of other countries have more vigilante justice and still have corrupt leaders, so clearly that doesn’t work either. Maybe instead work to make your government better. In a democracy, it represents the will of the people.
Are you the one who’s going to deliver the punch?
I hit my step-father over the head as a child with a cast iron pan for trying to force himself on my mother while drunk, so yeah, I’ll fucking beat him up for you, if you’re too much of a feckless hand-wringer to do anything to defend your community from predators. wouldn’t want you to break your nails or muss up your hair gel.
Maybe instead work to make your government better. In a democracy, it represents the will of the people.
the United States is not a democracy, and the will of the people is ignored. so basically, you’re advice is to sit back and do nothing, same as always.
Oh weird, so strange and not usual at all that the ones not calling for his resignation invoke Christian values and Jeebus (and literally comparing him to the pedo in chief). Unfortunately with world events being what they are I’m sure this’ll be forgotten within a day or two. Apparently we can only wait for this guy’s name to pop up in the paper in a few years for having raped a bunch of pre teens.
The bar is so low, yet the US keeps effortlessly limboing under it
Yeah, but… think about it. We haven’t seen the girl. What if she was, like, REALLY hot? A complete fucking smoke show. 10/10. One of the ones you might sneak into a dressing room at beauty pageant to see. Or maybe even hop on a private plane to meet on some luxurious island. Or even carry across state lines. I don’t think we should pass judgement on this man until we determine if he was a pedophile, a pedophile, or a pedophile.
Edit: Also, if reading the first few lines of this post made your stomach twist a little, then you are one of the good ones. Keep it up. The world needs more of you and less of this douche nozzle.
The first few lines did have me thinking ’ I don’t know where you’re going with this one bro…’
You act like you’ve never stared at a teenager’s ass. I used to spend hours doing it. Hell, I think some of them even liked when I looked at them. Mind you, this was way back when I was a teenager. I couldn’t help but double up the joke, but worse.
What do you mean way back, aren’t you F/15/Cali?
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Why are you Libtards up in Arms about THIS? Being a Pedophile is as American as Apple Pie!
-Republicans who show up ARMED to Children’s Hospitals to PROTECT THE CHILDREN TM!
Sadly, as much as it’s a joke in this commentary, it is.
We went from Lawrence King and his ring in the 80’s and early 90’s to Epstein in the 90’s and 00’s, and both were publicly and evidently connected to the highest levels of the US government. King’s ring also had mysterious deaths, including the lead investigator and his son being killed in a plane crash.
Good thing Epstein and Ghislaine were caught and all that nonsense is over with. Yep. Definitely not happening anymore.
Good ole boys gonna good ole boy
It’s likely they see it as one harmless comment and not the pattern and culture that it is.
Maybe I’m being unfair to someone out there, but I kinda like the term “rednecks.”
“Redneck” implies working class (because it’s traditionally caused by getting sunburned from working out in a field) in a way that “good ol’ boy” does not.
The idea of a redneck community leader is an oxymoron.
I always thought of the striking West Virginia coal miners as rednecks, and some of them were community leaders. But times and terms change.
I’d say the term has undergone what happens with many other definitions over the years, i.e. it’s shifted somewhat in meaning. More than just being about an outdoor worker, I think it implies a certain type of conduct and attitude.
And I absolutely meant it as a slander to those ‘community leaders,’ as explained earlier.
Redneck is something else
This is literally a Good Ole Boy network at work. It looks like he’s a dairy farmer, though how much actual labor he does is anyone’s guess. He may also be a redneck, but he’s a good ole boy, and this is what that looks like when that system is working.
Yeap, good points.
Good ole boys are the political in group in small towns. Generally they have good jobs and are seen by locals as community leaders of some sort. Rednecks are basically anyone who enjoys things typically associated with rural living. Anyone can be a redneck and there are plenty of rednecks in jail for way less serious things than child abuse.
TBH, there’s an intentional slander element I’m going for.
The idea being that such ‘community leaders’ are little more than rednecks to me, at the end of the day. And I’m not sure I agree about the ‘rural living’ definition. Nothing wrong with rural life IMO, but rednecks are moreso representative to me of toxic actors amongst such folks.
Thank God. I was worried we were going to hold men accountable for once
Hi, man here. I just wanted to say that not all men are like this. But also as a man, I’d like to say there are too many men that ARE like this.
And just so everybody is clear, “too many” is any number above zero.
Yeah but it’s back to the “good ole boy”network here. Not excusing the guy but there are assholes everywhere. However it t makes a huge difference whether their behavior is acceptable or not.
I like to believe that in most places people would be horrified and he would have immediately been discouraged/cesured/sanctioned and never do that again
Please tell me you didn’t just #NotAllMen them verbatim 😂
Hi, man here. Not all men #NotAllMen, some men like me never #NotAllMen. I just need you to know that I’m special in knowing that not all men #NotAllMen, unlike those other men who #NotAllMen, who are the biggest part of the problem that I often accidentally defend by trying to let you know that I’m still fuckable.
Almost a million in England and Wales alone https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2023/dec/13/eight-in-10-convicted-in-uk-over-child-abuse-images-avoid-prison-nca-says
He should have his computer confiscated and searched. It’s a cinch this fucker has a TB of CSAM in an unencrypted HD just waiting to be found.
Hi, man here as well. We don’t need more men apologists.
Hi, man here.
Fuck misogyny and misandry. There is no excuse to be prejudiced.
If you make a habit of punching those adjacent to you, there will be a moment when no one is behind you for anything.
I’m going to continue to advocate for those not in power until the power dynamic switches.
No one said stop.
Yep, men always get away with it, that’s why they closed all the male jails
nice job blindly taking the comment at face value while completely ignoring the context.
Maybe people i want to align with should stop using poisoned narratives so my causes don’t get screwed over
What if I told you politically connected men get to sexually harass and abuse at will while marginalized men get imprisoned over weed?
You are a mythic creature. Don’t let anyone try to sell you on anything different.
marginalized men get imprisoned over weed?
now that can’t be, Nurse_robot already said that men were not held accountable.
(Getting imprisoned over weed isn’t being held accountable)
… What?
well, you’re saying men aren’t held accountable. That explains why the jails that held men in prison for committing crimes all closed down, because the men are not held accountable.
Talk to some women about their experiences with men doing creepy shit and facing no consequences. I bet you every single woman in your life will have stories
wow, very impressive. But men are held accountable, but certain people abuse their social standing. I’m amazed at the tru fax you are spittin’
And yet you’re complaining in another thread that Trump isn’t being held accountable for his actions (which I agree with, he should be in prison). You’re inconsistent and hypocritical.
No it’s okay everyone, because that one school board guy is going to pray about it, and that’ll fix everything! /s
What a fucking joke. This is the third time the guy has done this. He, and the entire board, should be fired.
Oh yay, my hometown
if you still live there, you have a moral obligation to go egg this guy’s house
There’s a petition you can sign to remove him. I saw it yesterday.
Same
At least we’re not Erwin…
My next kobold will also loathe someone called “Erwin”. They sound like a real twit.
🤣
Erwin TN is a little town off the Appalachian Trail. It’s kinda notorious as a sundown town and Klan hotbed. Also they hanged an elephant once.
So, please do 🤣
Was that the time they were electrocuting elephants for science & lols? (fucking Edison) 🤮🤬
Nah, it was an escaped circus elephant that had killed someone. They brought in a crane and hanged it.
TBF, that was the “most humane” way they seemed to be able to think of, back then. Not excusing any of it in the slightest. Just let that sit for a minute, is all.
At that moment in time, a sufficient number of people aware of this standard were ok with said bullshit —despite everything about it screaming no-effort Americana-brand snow-job (or simply couldn’t be arsed to GAF, sure).
FWIW: Edison filmed a fucking documentary of Topsy’s 1903 electrocution, the absolute psychopath. 😱🤮😭🤮🤬
(CW: animal abuse, murder, etc. Please be aware that it is gut-wrenching, and will likely stick with you. Proceed at your discretion.)
And… Its in front of a camera? For the whole world to see…?
lol throwing the christian mea culpa just makes it worse… I guess if your president can be a child rapist and traficker, this garbage school board member has nothing to fear
