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56. Yup! We're the fattest, laziest, slobbiest country on the planet and damn proud of it!

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Sun Jan 27, 2019, 12:10 AM

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Lawmaker proposes dress code for parents when dropping off children at schools [View all] RandySF Jan 2019 OP

Welcome to 'Murika' pecosbob Jan 2019 #1

LOL... that will happen... Face it, lawmaker, Americans are basically slobs. hlthe2b Jan 2019 #2

I doubt you and I would get along. nt USALiberal Jan 2019 #18

Why? hlthe2b Jan 2019 #41

Yup! We're the fattest, laziest, slobbiest country on the planet and damn proud of it! Initech Jan 2019 #56

As someone who works in education, I totally agree Jake Stern Jan 2019 #3

We once had a mother come to a school with no shirt on. Just buck naked from the waist up. Squinch Jan 2019 #5

Never had a parent buck naked but did have one come in to a conference in a bikini top. Jake Stern Jan 2019 #8

My husband Ohiogal Jan 2019 #31

Even to read your post is heartbreaking KentuckyWoman Jan 2019 #61

I agree with it also. I've seen some awful sites when dropping daughter off back in the day, etc. monmouth4 Jan 2019 #46

damn the 1st Amendment, full dictator ahead! Hermit-The-Prog Jan 2019 #4

Seriously? Drahthaardogs Jan 2019 #21

too cryptic, maybe? Hermit-The-Prog Jan 2019 #23

Gibberish Drahthaardogs Jan 2019 #30

that's a community thing Hermit-The-Prog Jan 2019 #33

No. Your statement that imposing regulations infringes on free speech Drahthaardogs Jan 2019 #35

I would expect the first challenge to be based on free speech Hermit-The-Prog Jan 2019 #37

And it would be summarily squelched Drahthaardogs Jan 2019 #38

the bill mentions adults Hermit-The-Prog Jan 2019 #40

Suggest you read FERPA Drahthaardogs Jan 2019 #42

that's a lot of reading Hermit-The-Prog Jan 2019 #45

How would it not apply? Drahthaardogs Jan 2019 #47

FERPA deals with rights of access to records Hermit-The-Prog Jan 2019 #51

Americans are really shitty at manners too. BannonsLiver Jan 2019 #78

I am 75 and originally from Boston. Cold War Spook Jan 2019 #80

Sorry. You've got it backwards. Laws proposing dress codes for parents are mock worthy n/t kcr Jan 2019 #43

Like I said Drahthaardogs Jan 2019 #58

Isn't cursing and yelling at people in a public place Mariana Jan 2019 #52

Seen it before Miigwech Jan 2019 #6

So people are hypocrites for wanting mom and dad to act respectably when visiting a school? Jake Stern Jan 2019 #12

Love that song - great message about hypocricy by small town busybodies. Liberty Belle Jan 2019 #16

But how wonderful that this is the most pressing issue his state has to deal with! WhiskeyGrinder Jan 2019 #7

Some Americans have no class. Or, apparently, self respect. Or respect for others, for that matter. Beartracks Jan 2019 #9

Sadly, he's correct on this issue. bitterross Jan 2019 #10

I'm more bothered by shirts with expletives/cursing out principals than skimpy clothing/nudity RockRaven Jan 2019 #11

I'm in favour of total nudity at school VMA131Marine Jan 2019 #13

... Scurrilous Jan 2019 #22

I have no doubts that some parents are slobs Sanity Claws Jan 2019 #14

Let's consider other things he could be concerned with: LastLiberal in PalmSprings Jan 2019 #15

He is very much involved in many of those issues oberliner Jan 2019 #27

"anyone who steps on a school campus ... " LawnKorn Jan 2019 #17

And for his next windmill... DavidDvorkin Jan 2019 #19

Called in parents one time........ MyOwnPeace Jan 2019 #20

And please throw in a Walmart-clause. Petosky Stone Jan 2019 #24

What is a Walmart Clause? nt Blue_true Jan 2019 #59

People who hated school as children don't Ilsa Jan 2019 #25

I support dress code for airline travel at140 Jan 2019 #26

Message auto-removed Name removed Jan 2019 #28

I'm so old that I remember when this wasn't necessary lunatica Jan 2019 #29

And people wonder where Democrats get their nanny state stereotype. WhiskeyGrinder Jan 2019 #32

Indeed DavidDvorkin Jan 2019 #34

As a former resident of Tennessee, I can assure you that this 'Democrat,' like many Nay Jan 2019 #66

I was talking about the comments on this thread. The classism isn't a good look either. WhiskeyGrinder Jan 2019 #69

Classism? How was I classist? Nay Jan 2019 #71

Easy, tiger. I was talking about the thread as a whole. WhiskeyGrinder Jan 2019 #73

No problem, but you were replying to me individually. I thought I should make Nay Jan 2019 #75

Why create a law for this? LiberalFighter Jan 2019 #36

The bill allows each school district to create their own policies oberliner Jan 2019 #49

They should be able to do that without a law. LiberalFighter Jan 2019 #54

Most of the things he's complaining about Mariana Jan 2019 #53

Right. The OP is slightly misleading. There is a difference between a parent sitting in a car and dameatball Jan 2019 #77

The main reason Americans are against nudity is prudish thought process, childish Eliot Rosewater Jan 2019 #39

This message was self-deleted by its author GulfCoast66 Jan 2019 #44

The Rep. proposing this bill is an African-American Democrat oberliner Jan 2019 #48

Then I will delete my post. With apologies. GulfCoast66 Jan 2019 #50

Or how they behave picking them up... jberryhill Jan 2019 #55

"Do you have a kiss for Dad-dy?" smirkymonkey Jan 2019 #60

So that's how it is jberryhill Jan 2019 #63

They don't have indecent exposure laws? keithbvadu2 Jan 2019 #57

They do. They also have disorderly conduct laws Mariana Jan 2019 #62

Yeah, dammit! It's Tennessee! Have the decency to wear a rope-belt, straw hat, and bandanna Aristus Jan 2019 #64

A colleague of mine told a story about arriving at a house for an Early Intervention phylny Jan 2019 #65

My mom cussed the principal out over my sister and drivers training. 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣 sarcasmo Jan 2019 #67

Many bills are introduced. Fewer are passed. MineralMan Jan 2019 #68

A good first indicator it won't pass BannonsLiver Jan 2019 #79

What's next? Proud Liberal Dem Jan 2019 #70

LOL. Look at peopleofwalmart.com and you may think that's a good idea. nt Nay Jan 2019 #72

This, though, is definitely classist. WhiskeyGrinder Jan 2019 #74

I don't see how. People of all classes go to Walmart. And some of them act like fools. But whatever. Nay Jan 2019 #76

Then assign police to enforce dress codes? fescuerescue Jan 2019 #81