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As a protest and press conference began to break up outside the Monmouth County Courthouse last month, Darin Accettulli uncorked a raw rally cry of anger designed to inspire his parental rights supporters and silence their critics.
Leave our [expletive] kids alone," the Old Bridge real estate agent and self-described social influencer barked to a crowd that had come to condemn a state policy that generally prevents school officials from notifying parents of a child considering transitioning genders or changing their gender pronouns without the child's consent.
To many in the crowd of culture warriors, parents and evangelicals, the policy is a dangerous big-government edict robbing parents of a fundamental role in caring for their children. This was just another slippery step toward Liberal State indoctrination of LGBTQ+ values, they argued.
Enough is enough," said Accettulli, who bore a We The People tattoo on his forearm. Weve been out here for three years the masks, the vaccines, everything. Enough is enough."
He ended his outburst with a threat.
Wrap it up, because were coming for you," he said, with a cluster of Republican officials looking on. Thats why we're here. Were coming for you. You all know what Im talking about.
https://www.northjersey.com/story/news/columnists/charles-stile/2023/09/05/nj-parents-rights-advocates-republicans-election-2023/70722711007/
RandySF
(84,260 posts)Joseph Lagana - https://www.ld38democrats.com/
Vin Gopal - https://gopalfornj.com
Andrew Zwicker - https://zwickerforsenate.org/about/
Lisa Swain - https://www.ld38democrats.com
Mitchelle Drulis - https://ld16nj.com/mitchelle-drulis/
Margie Donlon - https://www.njld11.com
Roy Freiman - https://royfreiman.com
no_hypocrisy
(54,903 posts)I substitute teach in northern NJ public schools. Pre-school to 8th.
No indoctrination. We're lucky if the older kids return to class from the bathroom.
Most "educating" is done via Chromebooks. Even the Health classes are pretty sterile.
JustAnotherGen
(38,051 posts)Yep - insanity. I know Jae Hoff . . .They signed my petition for Council in March. Good people- and They aren't backing down.
no_hypocrisy
(54,903 posts)during School Hours???
JustAnotherGen
(38,051 posts)Are suing the School Board AKA the Tax Payers in my town in NJ.
One of them is a janitor and the other is a member of the school board.
They are claiming that *Transgender* is a religion.
It is ten kinds of f*cked up.
3Hotdogs
(15,367 posts)Bernardo de La Paz
(60,320 posts)Takket
(23,714 posts)What is indoctrination?
Where is you indoctrinated child?
What happened to then?
When? Where?
What harm was done?
Says who?
How many others?
What do psychologists say?
Why arent you answering me?
Where is the course material of these indoctrinated kids?
What will happen if your proposals are implemented?
Where are your numbers on what happens to kids if their ability to open up to a teacher rather than a parent is removed?
Do they grow up better off? Worse off?
What about suicide rates?
What about domestic violence?
Do you have anything to back up your argument other than keywords and catchphrases from internet memes?
OldBaldy1701E
(11,142 posts)"Is that a threat to my life?" I would not back down from asking that asshat this very question until I got a 'yes or no' answer. Because if that hick says 'Yes'... well, one of us won't make it to the door. Self Defense, baby.
lostnfound
(17,520 posts)Its a strategy.
The machine that orchestrates the strategy doesnt give a s**t about the topoc of transgenderism one way or another.
We need a bright light to expose it as a machine-produced strategy and a better narrative to make people immune to this stupidity.