As a magic fan I’m pretty sour at Posty for this. Loved that he brought more mainstream attention to magic, but not like this. Mr Down To Earth is counting his beans just like the rest of them I guess.
Always thought that the prison guards are the same as the people they guard, it’s just one side that has gotten caught. I’m not surprised no one wants to work those jobs.
It’s always funny to me that businesses think we’re responsible for their success. Not my problem to keep your business alive, it’s yours, and ultimately, I’m trying to exploit & scam your business just as much as you’re trying to do the same to me.
I don’t understand how the child protection agency here could think these medical, mental health, and educational professionals would all risk their reputation and licensure to somehow help Christine.
I didn’t get that feeling from the article. The reports from the professionals were overwhelmingly about specific concerns raised from the child.
The doctors aren’t exactly writing reports which consist solely of “Mother is concerned with X, I’ve done nothing else but put this on paper.” They might include the mothers concerns as a history or for some context, but they focused on their observations and examinations.
The reports weren’t exactly mentioned as fabrications. The bruises, rashes, and accounts of what happened seem to have been validated. Wether or not the accounts were rehearsed is up for debate, but the medical professionals might be hesitant to make that call for a variety of reasons.
I hate to say this but CPS are staffed with, well, regular people. And regular people come with all sorts of biases and bad takes, some even with abusive tendencies and even history.
Add to that the extreme stress of that kind of work, and the poor conditions (bad pay, staff shortages, not enough training), and you far too often get a bunch of jaded people just ticking boxes without much concern for what they're looking at.
When we say defund the police, it's services like CPS we hope the money will go to instead, because they are in absolute dire need of it.
Haha I remember a couple months ago at his first arraignment, Trump’s team actually wanted a mugshot for the merch, and photoshopped one up when NY DA didn’t oblige.
What’s a “book”? Wouldn’t want any of that witchcraft near our kids!
Why go and confuse people? The world is a simple place. There’s only one gender and that’s Man. There’s Man and then there’s Weaker Man with Boobs. There’s only one colour and that’s White, which also comes in darker shades. See how that resolves all conflict? We’re all white men!
What are you talking about?? Every single human being has a gender. How is understanding that not counted as a basic skill? You can’t even teach basic English without broaching the subject of gender.
School should actively deconstruct bigotry. So that future generations are less bigoted and less hateful of minorities. We cannot rely on parents to do this, as parents can be racist they can be sexist they can be homophobic they can be anti Semitic, they can hate the poor, they can preach hatred of those who are different, they can abuse their children for being different, and many other examples of parents indoctrination their children into hatred and violence.
Bigots should have absolutely no say in education. The education system has to assume that parents can and will teach their children hate. And it has to actively work against this. Empathy and compassion are 2 of the most important basic skills in making an emotionally well rounded adult. There is no room whatsoever for tolerance of hatred in education. If you’re bigoted, if you hate minorities, then you should have absolutely 0 say in what takes place in a classroom. Someone who thinks slavery is right doesn’t get a say in how children are taught. Someone who thinks women should have no right to divorce and no bodily autonomy should have no rights whatsoever to enforce their ideological hatred in classrooms.
You know there’s a saying that’s been gaining traction on the right “they don’t have kids, they have yours.” The saying is warning parents about people like you.
Lot of people want to decide how to raise other folks kids these days, indoctrinate other people’s kids without the knowledge or consent of the parents.
Teaching children to be tolerant and accepting of minorities isn’t indoctrination. Its literally the opposite. Children don’t belong to their parents. They have a right to be taught compassion and tolerance for others.
If you disagree with that then I don’t really care what you have to say. If you think hatred and bigotry have a place in this world, then it doesn’t matter who you are or what else you believe. You are either openly fascist yourself or a “fellow traveler”, either way you are part of the exact same movement that killed 60 million people 7 decades ago and I have no interest in engaging in any kind of discussion with you.
I was born transgender and I’ve led my life wondering what’s different about me and then repressing my need. Damn getting read like one book at age 10 could’ve made my life way easier and more productive.
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