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Comrade Grumpy

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41. What you said.

Reply to bravenak (Reply #26)

Wed Jun 3, 2015, 11:32 AM

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Arrest warrants issued for parents who cheered high school graduates [View all] kpete Jun 2015 OP

I would love to send the superintendent a short angry message. bravenak Jun 2015 #1

Sign my name to it too, please marym625 Jun 2015 #3

Damn!! I just sent it! bravenak Jun 2015 #5

Awesome! marym625 Jun 2015 #12

You too. bravenak Jun 2015 #16

Here you go MosheFeingold Jun 2015 #54

Uh oh. bravenak Jun 2015 #56

Get more flies with honey MosheFeingold Jun 2015 #63

He should know how he looks to people. bravenak Jun 2015 #69

Not going to disagree MosheFeingold Jun 2015 #80

I have never found gentle chiding to be effective either. bravenak Jun 2015 #82

Change.org petition demanding Foster be fired: Tommy_Carcetti Jun 2015 #119

Thank you!! bravenak Jun 2015 #134

Thank you! Signed and passed on! Rhiannon12866 Jun 2015 #150

He might charge you with murder. Hassin Bin Sober Jun 2015 #143

No shit. bravenak Jun 2015 #145

my god we are spiraling down the rabbit hole marym625 Jun 2015 #2

we really are questionseverything Jun 2015 #106

I haven't looked through the thread yet. marym625 Jun 2015 #155

Just attended my daughter's H.S. graduation last night MrsMatt Jun 2015 #157

I'm all for asking them to leave but ARREST THEM? TexasMommaWithAHat Jun 2015 #4

What law was broken? City Lights Jun 2015 #6

Disturbing the Peace n/t MosheFeingold Jun 2015 #65

Jeez, I don't think arrests will be made for the five groups that did this at MY kid's uppity school lostnfound Jun 2015 #7

Arresting them seems a little harsh. Nye Bevan Jun 2015 #8

Give it a rest. bravenak Jun 2015 #10

You don't think it was a little harsh? (nt) Nye Bevan Jun 2015 #11

I think you remarking on the cheering like it was wrong is stupid. bravenak Jun 2015 #15

Post removed Post removed Jun 2015 #20

I know. bravenak Jun 2015 #28

C'mon, don't mince words. Comrade Grumpy Jun 2015 #38

They should NOT have been arrested. hamsterjill Jun 2015 #22

They were asked to leave and left with no problem. bravenak Jun 2015 #26

What you said. Comrade Grumpy Jun 2015 #41

Please do not make appropriate behavior at an event a racist issue. hamsterjill Jun 2015 #46

The fact they were arrested is the "racist issue" n/t kcr Jun 2015 #48

Yes. hamsterjill Jun 2015 #57

It's the over the top reaction that makes it racist... BklnDem75 Jun 2015 #77

I don't disagree. hamsterjill Jun 2015 #89

Yet you didn't really express outrage at the arrest jeff47 Jun 2015 #96

You don't know me; therefore, you don't know WHAT I'm doing. hamsterjill Jun 2015 #97

You do realize we can see the thread too, right? jeff47 Jun 2015 #99

I want you to stop what you are doing. hamsterjill Jun 2015 #125

roll eyes moment there... quickesst Jun 2015 #110

500 dollar fines or go to jail for yelling your kids name? bravenak Jun 2015 #50

I grow weary. hamsterjill Jun 2015 #55

You don't have to tell people you are placing them on ignore. bravenak Jun 2015 #58

Uptight white people don't like noise. I know; I am one. roody Jun 2015 #109

I believe it's simple courtesy to allow each graduates name to be heard. hamsterjill Jun 2015 #114

Arresting them after evicting them for cheering is excessive. nt uppityperson Jun 2015 #138

Ditto x 1000000000000000 SamKnause Jun 2015 #53

Of course, they shouldn't have been arrested. TexasMommaWithAHat Jun 2015 #132

Then you can't hear the next name called. TexasMommaWithAHat Jun 2015 #124

If you see the video, one lady said the name. bravenak Jun 2015 #133

Never said they should have been arrested. TexasMommaWithAHat Jun 2015 #135

Well, the rudeness had been dealt with by removing them. bravenak Jun 2015 #136

I have to agree with that. TexasMommaWithAHat Jun 2015 #137

Great!! bravenak Jun 2015 #139

Back at ya'! TexasMommaWithAHat Jun 2015 #146

Nye, your prejudice is showing again. morningfog Jun 2015 #19

All the time fog, all the time. HERVEPA Jun 2015 #29

It's embarassing that it is permitted here. morningfog Jun 2015 #36

What is "permitted here" is determined by juries enforcing the community standards. Nye Bevan Jun 2015 #149

Everybody knows black people don't dumbcat Jun 2015 #42

Oh, a little? Starry Messenger Jun 2015 #45

They were asked to leave after they applauded. They did. LanternWaste Jun 2015 #68

Ummmm...... that's why I used the word "harsh" (nt) Nye Bevan Jun 2015 #71

You also used the words "a little". nt uppityperson Jun 2015 #140

Right now I'm thinking of the word "troll"....... nt Guy Whitey Corngood Jun 2015 #147

Oh, for pete's sake! It's not "a little harsh." MineralMan Jun 2015 #83

My daughter mercuryblues Jun 2015 #104

Did you see her get her diploma? MineralMan Jun 2015 #105

actually mercuryblues Jun 2015 #113

Yep. The jerks who feel the rules don't apply to them ruin it for everyone else (nt) Nye Bevan Jun 2015 #148

No, it is a lot harsh. They were asked to leave and left. To then charge them is WAY harsh. uppityperson Jun 2015 #141

WTF is wrong with this country?? Initech Jun 2015 #9

might lead to an uprising on the plantation you know.... dhill926 Jun 2015 #13

I swear, there are some people out there looking for ANY excuse to lock bullwinkle428 Jun 2015 #14

The superintendent is way off base. Snobblevitch Jun 2015 #17

What? Nye Bevan Jun 2015 #18

You wouldn't understand. Or would refuse to. morningfog Jun 2015 #21

you should really let this go.. frylock Jun 2015 #23

Thanks for the suggestion. Nye Bevan Jun 2015 #34

my pleasure frylock Jun 2015 #35

Of course those parents who did not inturrupt Snobblevitch Jun 2015 #30

Your post really makes very little sense. Tipperary Jun 2015 #86

Maybe... Snobblevitch Jun 2015 #87

Some of us just hate the sarcasm icon. To me it just defeats the whole purpose of being sarcastic. StevieM Jun 2015 #159

So you want to have everyone cheer and take twice as long? Nt Logical Jun 2015 #25

speaking for myself, I'd like to see the police and courts deal with actual crime.. frylock Jun 2015 #37

The arrest was idiotic, the graduation rules were not. Nt Logical Jun 2015 #51

agreed frylock Jun 2015 #67

I think the rules were idiotic too. hunter Jun 2015 #108

Every graduation I've been to, they kept saying the names while cheering and clapping went on. tammywammy Jun 2015 #47

And many people then dont hear the names, which is the whole point. nt Logical Jun 2015 #52

Aren't they provided with a program listing the students? tammywammy Jun 2015 #59

One can only imagine the horrors, the depredations, and the sins against mankind that would result LanternWaste Jun 2015 #70

The last one I was at, old people were fainting from the heat and being carried out. Nye Bevan Jun 2015 #73

I was at a graduation ceremony a few years ago Snobblevitch Jun 2015 #88

Bwaaaahahahahahaha. tabasco Jun 2015 #120

Hey its my stalker! And repeated subject line guy! Nt Logical Jun 2015 #91

I don't and I find it rude... Phentex Jun 2015 #116

Three times as long would be even better dumbcat Jun 2015 #142

<snort> Fumesucker Jun 2015 #27

Thank you for the welcome. Snobblevitch Jun 2015 #32

What kind of prick doesn't allow parents to cheer at a graduation ceremony? peecoolyour Jun 2015 #24

The only rules I've ever seen are no noise makers/bullhorns. tammywammy Jun 2015 #31

the kind that doesnt want a 1hour ceremony turned into a 3 hour ceremony Romeo.lima333 Jun 2015 #39

Oh, the petty kind. Thanks for clarifying. nt peecoolyour Jun 2015 #40

petty- lol. it doesnt bother YOU so therefore it's petty. i didnt realize you were the deciderer Romeo.lima333 Jun 2015 #43

Arrest warrants for verbal celebrations are the definition of petty. DisgustipatedinCA Jun 2015 #93

that may be but that isnt what that poster and were saying Romeo.lima333 Jun 2015 #94

The only time I've seen a gradation pause between the graduates tammywammy Jun 2015 #49

as one who witnessed it dont tell me it doesnt Romeo.lima333 Jun 2015 #76

When our complacent convenience is interrupted, irrational consequences are often justified LanternWaste Jun 2015 #72

it's not up to you to decide for others what is convenient.d as one wh sits through these things Romeo.lima333 Jun 2015 #79

A starving kid in Haiti just shed a single tear for you. Tommy_Carcetti Jun 2015 #100

wow what a dopey thing to say - and so mature too thanks Romeo.lima333 Jun 2015 #101

Well, I for one would like to thank you for the high level of rhetoric and discussion you bring here Tommy_Carcetti Jun 2015 #103

says the person whose only contribution to this little conversation was snark Romeo.lima333 Jun 2015 #153

No way you can "graduate" 700+ students in an hour TexasMommaWithAHat Jun 2015 #131

At my HS graduation, clapping was permitted but not cheering. Xithras Jun 2015 #60

Then don't pause the name reading. Easy. hunter Jun 2015 #111

My kids' high school graduations. City Lights Jun 2015 #64

Did the graduating class have 700+ students? TexasMommaWithAHat Jun 2015 #130

Wow, that seems a little extreme, but some of these families are out of control at graduations. cbdo2007 Jun 2015 #33

Yeah, manners and courtesy are not evident at graduations Ex Lurker Jun 2015 #44

We just had a dad griping and complaining loudly because... Phentex Jun 2015 #117

Cheering at graduations is out of control dem in texas Jun 2015 #61

According to some here, if you do not yell and whoop it means you are not as proud Nye Bevan Jun 2015 #74

"For your information, the Supreme Court has roundly rejected prior restraint!" WDIM Jun 2015 #62

I've been to a college graduation where Chinese parents celebrated in the traditional way ... eppur_se_muova Jun 2015 #66

I hope a civil suit is an option Prism Jun 2015 #75

Next year they should just hire snipers for the event. n/t hughee99 Jun 2015 #78

So I guess no white families were cheering KamaAina Jun 2015 #81

another parity for parity's sake Romeo.lima333 Jun 2015 #95

Mississippi. Bluenorthwest Jun 2015 #84

This was all over cwydro Jun 2015 #85

Has anyone posted croiduire Jun 2015 #90

That is an excellent question! Rhiannon12866 Jun 2015 #151

as Nina Simone once sang olddots Jun 2015 #92

I read that article waiting for the catch. Tommy_Carcetti Jun 2015 #98

when I graduated with my master's degree... chillfactor Jun 2015 #102

I snuck a zuzuzela into my sisters college graduation Taitertots Jun 2015 #107

You mean a vuvuzela? Buns_of_Fire Jun 2015 #118

Yeah. This was pre-2010 so we just called it a horn Taitertots Jun 2015 #123

INDOORS??? (Get the rope...) Buns_of_Fire Jun 2015 #126

God almighty, those things are awful TexasMommaWithAHat Jun 2015 #144

See that, punitive measures and for what? They were happy and they cheered..fucking nuts Jefferson23 Jun 2015 #112

Instead of letting it go after tossing the family... BklnDem75 Jun 2015 #115

^^^This^^^n/t Gormy Cuss Jun 2015 #128

With my youngest-he graduated by so slender a margin. I wanted to run up and down the aisles dembotoz Jun 2015 #121

Jay Foster must be running for head asshole. Solly Mack Jun 2015 #122

Graduating college on the east coast abelenkpe Jun 2015 #127

LOL! the Facebook page for underthematrix Jun 2015 #129

Ridiculous romanic Jun 2015 #152

Black folk cheer their kids they get arrested. White folk cover up child molesting by and of their CBGLuthier Jun 2015 #154

My cousin graduated from a private catholic school....... NCTraveler Jun 2015 #156

The four people charged are expected in court Monday, June 9. croiduire Jun 2015 #158