Showing posts with label violence. Show all posts
Showing posts with label violence. Show all posts

Friday, May 29, 2020

Dear Cardi B,

I know you didn't ask to be a role model.
I know you're entitled to have and hold your own opinions.
But at some point you bear responsibility for those emulating you for their actions.

When you look at the violence in Minneapolis and try to justify it, you do two things. First, you suggest that people of color are some how incapable of responding in a rational way to events. Before you take offense, remember that in this same city a woman named Justine Damond called the police because she thought she was witnessing domestic violence. During that event, the first Somali cop hired shot and killed Justine. Justine was white and the cop was black.
Were there riots of white people?
Did white people loot stores and steal big screen TVs?
Did white people set fire to schools, stores and a police station?
Please explain how this is in any way justified.
It's almost like saying you believe people of color are incapable of behaving any other way.

Secondly you give rioters a justification, flimsey as it is, for criminal activity.. I believe you said "It is What it is."

What it is is this: More than 125 businesses torches and looted. 190 residents waiting for affordable housing are now without that option thanks to arsonists parading as social justice warriors. All those jobs lost. Three different Target stores looted. Numerous smaller stores, some owned and run by people of color, destroyed. And all those jobs gone for the time being or maybe forever. After being torched and looted twice, CVS didn't rebuild in Ferguson. Neither did the hairdresser who worked for years to build her clientele. The same thing will happen in Minneapolis and all they need is celebrities like you throwing gasoline on the fire.

Before you blame Trump, remember that Minneapolis is run by Democrats.
The governor of Minnesota is a Democrat
Keith Ellison, the AG of Minnesota, is both Muslim and a Democrat.
Amy Klobuchar, who had been a prosecutor in Minnesota is a Democrat. And as a prosecutor she avoided going after police behaving badly.
Why would she do that? Why would they all do that?

I'll tell you why. Because UNION votes matter more than BLACK votes. Minnesota is a UNION stronghold. Their teachers, firefighters, public workers and COPS are all card carrying union members. Klobuchar, the Minneapolis mayor and the governor all belong to the most far Left version of the Democrat party and they embrace organizing as a means to achieve socialism. You may think you like socialism and even be promoting it as an alternative, but you haven't endured real socialism yet. Real socialism will tell you what to say, what to sing, what to do and can take it all away in a heartbeat if you don't conform. Cardi B, I'm not a fan. I know you like to parade around as some sort of limit breaking rebel but the fact is you are more a product of consumerism than anyone and every thing you promote says this. When the smoke clears, maybe you should have a long talk with the residents who didn't riot-the ones whose lives were immeasurably changed by a couple of thousand hedonists on the take. Trump didn't do this-Democrats did. Maybe it's time to wake up and smell the coffee. The party's over.

Monday, March 23, 2015

What In the World Are They Thinking?

Two stories from our local news:
Teen Threatens to Blow Up Graduation
Middle Schooler Writes Graphic Story Describing How He would Attack and Kill Classmates

In the first story, a 17 year old Hispanic honor student is immediately, and I think correctly, arrested when three classmates came forward and told authorities of his threats on social media to plant IED's at the graduation ceremony. In this case, either because his family wasn't affluent, or because he wasn't a student who had special education dispensation, he was arrested. End of story.

The second story is more problematic. A middle school student posted online a graphic, detailed and specific ELEVEN CHAPTER story on how he would attack, kill and molest other students. He had been removed from the school in the Fall term for undisclosed reasons but re-enrolled in January. The story was discovered and the specific students were alerted, but the general population, including parents, didn't know of the situation until after Spring Break. 

Stop for a minute. How would you feel if your son or daughter was on this kid's "kill list?' I know that my kid wouldn't be attending school until the student in question was removed, but the authorities are saying it's a free speech issue.

Then come the other excuses:
He's been bullied because of a physical disability.
He's a special education student.
The tacit message is that because of ADA and the wealth of the parents, this kid can do just about anything he wants. This is a message saying that the needs of one student should outweigh the peace of mind of every other student and staff member. This is what ADA has wrought.

What was meant as a means of making sure that kids capable of learning with assistance to overcome physical disabilities has become a catchall bullyclub for providing outrageous and expensive education in the same public schools struggling to pass average kids in regular subjects. When I walk down the hall and see one teacher with one student all day I honestly wonder what is the purpose? When I witness special education students dropped into regular education classrooms without aides, without help and without consideration of the needs of the rest of the class I have to wonder at what point the parents of other kids say enough. I've witnessed how a lawyered up special ed student's parents can bully and cajole, and yes bribe, officials to do whatever they want in regards to their child's education whether it is appropriate or not. I've seen how a six foot four bipolar out of control can bully a teacher and peers. Is being a special education student an excuse?

I hear far too many people making excuses for outrageous and potentially dangerous behavior. Does anyone remember that they tried to justify both Columbine and Newtown on bullying? Isn't it possible that emotionally disturbed students may view anyone who doesn't suffer as they do as a bully-thereby justifying their own unchecked rage? 

Let's say that the school let's this kid fester in his self-created rage. Let's say he gets hold of instructions for an explosive or poison or brings a weapon? Would the school be willing to take the blame for failing to stop this student when they could? Would the parents? I'm sorry, I want all kids to feel safe and all kids to get the education they need. But what has happened in order to serve very few is hurting many students in many ways. 

Wednesday, June 04, 2008

Crazy Much?

This guy obviously has some beef with his employment, but if this wasn't just a staged stunt, I wonder how close we were to seeing yet another in a series of workplace assaults. Frankly, I am surprised that it doesn't happen more often, especially in school settings. Strange days indeed.


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