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Teachers in this Michigan district can post only these 32 phrases in classrooms
(www.washingtonpost.com)
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I didnt know "all are welcome" was such a controversial phrase. Huh. Go figure.
And somehow "Everyone is welcome" is permitted. These types of restrictions suck regardless of political notices but the right makes it so much dumber.
I mean, surely not everyone.
"Most are welcome"?
There are those who are welcome.
Looking at the list, it seems to me that they're trying to rein in conservative hate speech, either by stopping conservative teachers from posting discriminatory signs, or by stopping conservatives from complaining about progressive signs. They are in a very conservative area.
But in the process, they are pissing the progressives off, too.
Progressives getting mad about progress?
Surprised Pikachu.
Limiting the speech of teachers is not "progress".
Two reasons immediately come to mind. One, whatever else this is, it's a limitation on free speech. The more wily reason is that conservatives don't seem to think about things too deeply, so if progressives put up a fuss, conservatives will simply assume that they're winning.
And they wanted the allowed expression to be as non political as possible.
Which makes them VERY political.