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47. Just not being a complete, blithering idiot is really the perfect bar

Reply to Crunchy Frog (Reply #41)

Wed Jan 5, 2022, 06:24 PM

Jan 2022

Amazing how many people in public life are incapable of clearing it.

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School banned Jingle Bells due to racism concerns [View all] cinematicdiversions Jan 2022 OP

so are they gonna ban white christmas? nt msongs Jan 2022 #1

I think Parson Brown is also on the chopping block. NT cinematicdiversions Jan 2022 #2

Maybe, since it was written by a Jew, kskiska Jan 2022 #36

Not down with this. There are mountains of racist situations that need action. nt Progressive Jones Jan 2022 #3

I agree rockfordfile Jan 2022 #6

Wut ColinC Jan 2022 #4

Perhaps it's the Bart Simpson version. 😀 TheBlackAdder Jan 2022 #40

Yup! smirkymonkey Jan 2022 #51

I thought this was sarcasm at first. jimfields33 Jan 2022 #5

I mean it is hardly a Grammy winning tune ColinC Jan 2022 #52

This sounds like total bullshit tenderfoot Jan 2022 #7

I think I read it was written by a pro slavery activist AZSkiffyGeek Jan 2022 #8

Thankfully, one school does not make a summer. Torchlight Jan 2022 #9

The National Anthem is off the table. Sneederbunk Jan 2022 #10

Seriously what's the problem here? They dropped a song from the playlist, so what? unblock Jan 2022 #11

They could have quietly simply not used it, and nobody would have noticed. Crunchy Frog Jan 2022 #37

We're toast if that requirement is that every left-leaning principal needs to be perfect unblock Jan 2022 #39

I'm not looking for "perfect". Just not being a complete, blithering idiot. Crunchy Frog Jan 2022 #41

Just not being a complete, blithering idiot is really the perfect bar cinematicdiversions Jan 2022 #47

This is what they waste their time with 🙄 Raine Jan 2022 #12

this is absurd........ Takket Jan 2022 #13

Well... that's bonkers. Scrivener7 Jan 2022 #14

Just stupid. boston bean Jan 2022 #15

This is how conservative voters are created. BannonsLiver Jan 2022 #16

Meanwhile, Oklahoma bill would allow clergy to teach Bible courses in public schools Torchlight Jan 2022 #22

Yes, they will love that. BannonsLiver Jan 2022 #27

The OK bill is fan service, and this one school is a statistical aberration Torchlight Jan 2022 #28

No, The conservatives will already vote based on the clergy shit . But those who might JI7 Jan 2022 #33

Kind of like Liberal/Progressive voters created from Book Bans and attacks on School Board Meetings tenderfoot Jan 2022 #24

Yup. nt BlackSkimmer Jan 2022 #34

Yes, because schools everywhere are banning Jingle Bells kcr Jan 2022 #42

Any Democrats calling for the ban of Jingle Bells? Kingofalldems Jan 2022 #17

What are the chances that those doing the banning in this case ... Igel Jan 2022 #32

This is why Republicans get mileage complaining about "woke" behavior. brooklynite Jan 2022 #18

Because they focus on inconsequential statistical aberrations? Torchlight Jan 2022 #23

+1 uponit7771 Jan 2022 #54

What the hell???. Initech Jan 2022 #19

I remember the DU discussions (ahem) over "niggardly" and "Black Friday." Hekate Jan 2022 #20

THIS. Sleighs, wagons, horses have worn "jingling" bells for centuries. Hortensis Jan 2022 #58

You forgot "calling a spade a spade". That caused an uproar. FSogol Jan 2022 #64

Parents are on the attack. Over anything. lindysalsagal Jan 2022 #21

No XanaDUer2 Jan 2022 #25

moranic.... bahboo Jan 2022 #26

ONE school in NY State bans 'Jingle Bells' - how this could spell trouble for Democrats next on Fox tenderfoot Jan 2022 #29

They had to do some really deep and hard research to get offended. fescuerescue Jan 2022 #30

This kinda stuff is kooky, far-leftist Jill Stein-ish territory. Not Democratic or liberal Tarc Jan 2022 #31

There's no such thing as something that doesn't have Crunchy Frog Jan 2022 #35

Honestly I run into these people all the time. cinematicdiversions Jan 2022 #38

... OneGrassRoot Jan 2022 #43

This is one of the dumbest notions I've ever heard. Now we're going to be blamed not only Vinca Jan 2022 #44

This shit is why they mock us DenaliDemocrat Jan 2022 #45

This is stupid. yardwork Jan 2022 #46

this is the type of bollocks that will turn our Party into a permanent minority Celerity Jan 2022 #48

Exactly! smirkymonkey Jan 2022 #53

This message was self-deleted by its author uponit7771 Jan 2022 #55

No it wouldn't, if J6 didn't turn the GQP into a minority then this text book edge case would not uponit7771 Jan 2022 #56

Disagree. Obviously this one thing will not, but to embrace this type Celerity Jan 2022 #57

Wait, GQP stays viable after CONTINUED text book treason but we wont be viable ... uponit7771 Jan 2022 #59

embracing bollocks like banning Jingle Bells is electoral poison in reactionary America Celerity Jan 2022 #60

I think that's messaging, if we can't demonize people who are text book racist, child abusers uponit7771 Jan 2022 #61

the ones focusing on 'edge case minutia' are the anti Jingle Bells crowd Celerity Jan 2022 #62

"The whole thing is easily weaponised by the RW " because of lack of dem message mechanics !! uponit7771 Jan 2022 #63

Fucking ridiculous. 11 Bravo Jan 2022 #49

I find this completely ridiculous...all the things wrong with this world and jingle bells is the Demsrule86 Jan 2022 #50