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jgmiller

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4. Honestly this doesn't bother me

Reply to SpankMe (Original post)

Thu Feb 17, 2022, 12:58 AM

Feb 2022

If he just did it then he'd be blasted for spreading a liberal agenda and he didn't specifically say it was opting out of teaching anything about black history he makes it sound like it's an additional assembly or class which again isn't a horrible way to do this.

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Indiana school counselor tells parents their kids can opt out of Black History Month lessons [View all] SpankMe Feb 2022 OP

WTF. Make them homeschool their snowflakes. Freethinker65 Feb 2022 #1

THIS! (n/t) OldBaldy1701E Feb 2022 #3

Or send them to one of the awful Christian schools to be indoctrinated. redstatebluegirl Feb 2022 #16

Don't like it, but it's better than banning it. Liked way memo was worded. Hoyt Feb 2022 #2

Honestly this doesn't bother me jgmiller Feb 2022 #4

Same here. ificandream Feb 2022 #17

And his last name is White... Chicago1980 Feb 2022 #5

Sounds about White. nt SouthBayDem Feb 2022 #9

This message was self-deleted by its author Bernardo de La Paz Feb 2022 #11

He was being sarcastic toward parents SharonClark Feb 2022 #6

and a No win for the kids whose parents sign the Opt-out note. riversedge Feb 2022 #7

"It's simple: either you teach about Frederick Douglass AND Abraham Lincoln or don't teach about eit riversedge Feb 2022 #8

This school is in Nineveh, Johnson County, SouthBayDem Feb 2022 #10

Know something about this area myself. It's largely just "dumbass" country. jaxexpat Feb 2022 #12

And if you salt the earth, everything dies. HUAJIAO Feb 2022 #14

Actually, the school itself is in Brown County. BluesRunTheGame Feb 2022 #20

Channel 13 news Indianapolis covered this yesterday and to my surprise Emile Feb 2022 #13

I don't like that they have to do this, but it's better than banning it outright... SKKY Feb 2022 #15

If you think, as a guidance counselor, that it's okay for parents to opt out intheflow Feb 2022 #18

I'm upgrading him to Benjamin Whitest. n/t Akoto Feb 2022 #19

Ashamed Hoosier_Progressiv Feb 2022 #21