She asked students their pronouns. Locals called her a "groomer." Now she's suing.
She asked students their pronouns. Locals called her a "groomer." Now she's suing.
She was placed on leave for her own safety after local conservatives used increasingly violent rhetoric to denounce her.
Mardy A. Burleson is a computer sciences teacher.... Burleson has a transgender son whose friend died by suicide years ago because they couldn’t come out to their family. So, to help support her own students, Burelson began giving them a beginning-of-term survey entitled, “Who is behind those eyes?”
She had conducted the survey for several years without complaints and asked students about their families, preferred learning styles, favorite media, hobbies, and accomplishments. It also asked their “preferred pronouns” and “Do you want me to use your pronouns in class and in messages home or is it private between you and me?”
Sounds like she is taking good care of those kids. And in response these "conservatives" talk about her "secret sex survey" and keep publicly calling her "groomer" and "pervert". These people are so misguided and hurtful. I hope she finds some success with the lawsuit, but it won't fix the hurt they're causing.
publicly calling her "groomer" and "pervert"
Frankly I'm always suspicious of the ones that are screaming this shit the loudest.
It's always projection with them.
Good. I hope she wins!
Can we not just let kids figure out what they like themselves without imposing made up social conventions on them? Also, can we not coddle the kids until the second they turn 18 where we throw them into a snake pit because apparently adults are not also precious?
I'm a Republican Trying to Protect the Children and asking for Pronouns to help Children not commit Suicide is SEXUAL ABUSE! The CORRECT way to Protect the Children is by giving a Psychopath a GUN!
Are people downvoting because they cannot detect sarcasm? I'm confused..
More than likely. Sarcasm is becoming a dead art form on social media.
No, it's obvious that it's sarcasm. I just don't want to read shitty opinions, it's bad enough hearing it from the assholes that actually believe it, why add another round of people repeating those shitty opinions as a joke. Not everything needs to be joked about. I understand some of you don't mind, but many more apparently do.
It could be because it's the same kind of sarcasm that tends to be repeated in most threads of this nature. It's tired and it adds nothing to the conversation.
I used to enjoy sarcasm until I realized how many people don't recognize the sarcasm and take it as genuine support for whatever vile cause someone is being sarcastic about.
It's like the old Stephen Colbert show, where he kept having conservatives on who didn't realize Colbert was a satire of conservatism and thought he was genuinely on their side.
And I get it's funny when people don't get the joke.
But, see, this is bad. Because people are emboldened when they see vile rhetoric they agree with being posted, unchallenged. It makes them think that more people agree with them and gives them courage to keep spewing vile rhetoric. So when, for instance, a racist sees something racist being posted sarcastically, and sees a bunch of upvotes and "agreeing" comments, and doesn't get the sarcasm, he reads it as support for his racist beliefs, he feels his racism validated, and he gets more committed to racism.
Lack of reading comprehension literally gives these people superpowers.
And repeating vile ideas, and racist memes, and other garbage that has no place in a civilized society - even if you're doing it sarcastically, or ironically, or in order to debunk it or criticize it - just shares that vile garbage further and emboldens the people who believe it.
Which is why I downvoted that sarcastic comment. If you want to contribute to discussion, contribute positively and say what you actually believe. We're all better off that way.