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Being an American requires conformity with the positive benefit of unity
Man, these people always out here saying the quiet part out loud these days.
"If you little fuckers would just CONFORM to how we want you to be, this country would be filled with UNITY."
Yeah, because the only "unity" they want is forcing their conformity on everyone else.
Laaaand of the free ....
♫ Proud to be an American, where at least I know I'm ~~free~~ conforming for unity. ♫
Being an American requires conformity with the positive benefit of unity
Tell that to the Texas power grid.
What a fucking asshole.
Seriously. Texas passes a law, and this guy thinks he can just ignore it?
Literal fascist rhetoric. Seriously wtf.
To give you an idea of just how fucking stupid this superintendent is -- hair discrimination is illegal by TEXAS law. Fucking Texan Republicans looked at this and said "okay this is way too far".
Having previously lived in Houston for a few years, let me tell you, Texas Republicans aren't terribly bright. Being worse than them takes effort.
If being American required conformity, then why isn't the principal conforming to state law?
Hey real quick though, because this dude has been defending his or this schools descicion since last September
Wheres the School Board this superintendant answers to? This school is having an ongoing issue of permitting a violation of federal law (discrimination of a protected class) and allowing violations of state law (CROWN act) to the degree it is in national news for the second time. This same school is why there's a CROWN act to be violated. Either the board is so massively incompetent to miss this and are not management material, or they are actively encouraging it. I wish I had such a level of job security jesus fucking christ. Fucking rich people get all the goddamn handouts.
The ad was paid for by the Barbers Hill Education Foundation, which has contact information on their website. I sure hope nobody decides to tell them how they feel about this.
I thought being American was about freedom? Right? Isn't that what these folks usually croon about?
Being American Requires Conformity to an Open Mind, Open Heart, Open Society, Open Cultures, Democratic Ideals, and Mutual Respect.
None of which this Superintendent Greg Poole demonstrates.
Edit: You know what, full on fuck Superintendent Greg Poole. Rules for thee, not for me:
May 1, 2008
Key excerpts:
When Greg Poole was arrested and put in jail this past weekend, he said he was acting as a father and not as superintendent of the Barbers Hill Independent School District in Chambers County.
A Texas Department of Public Safety trooper has charged the Chambers County school superintendent with obstructing the investigation of an accident involving Poole's 16-year-old son.
The teen flipped his father's pickup and knocked over a utility pole about 3 a.m. Saturday on FM 565 near Cove, about 30 minutes east of Houston, authorities said.
The trooper arrested Poole for refusing to make his son available for questioning about the accident, the Texas Department of Public Safety said.
"Trooper Dunn asked him twice to produce his son, and he would not," said Stephanie Davis, Texas Department of Public Safety spokeswoman in Beaumont. "He never informed the trooper where he could find his son."
EDIT 2: Just to be clear, it's not the trying to cover for his son that is the problem to look at. As a parent myself, I get trying to protect your children even if it's poor judgement, everyone is allowed to make mistakes, child and parent alike.
What I CANNOT FUCKING ABIDE is the insane hypocrisy this fuck demonstrates through allowing exceptions to the LAWS for his child that he will defend and go to jail over, while demanding someone else's child fall in line to school guidelines that are malleable and far less rigid in both application and enforcement than any legal criminality. RULES FOR THEE NOT FOR ME.
When you objectively consider all of the information, it looks a hell of a lot like run of the mill racial prejudice.
Kid was obviously drunk, that's why his dad kept him from the cops, so he would have time to sober tf up for the breathalyzer.
Castrate people like this.*
*allegedly
What's next? All students are required to wear white skin and blonde hair to adhere to conformity?
Conformity to what? That kid's roots are just as American, if not more so, then that of the white principal.
That ad is one of the dumbest attempts at damage control I think I've ever seen.
He spends more time on a soap box ranting about COVID-19 and masks then actually addressing what he's actually in hot water about. It's literally just "The student violated dress code standards and I'm totally not a racist, BUT LET ME TELL YOU ABOUT THE TYRANNICAL GOVERNMENT MAKING WEAR MASKS OVER THE COVID HOAX!!!!!!!!"
Damn, this is still happening?
Being an American requires conformity with the positive benefit of unity
????????
The superintendent has lost it.
If you want to know why this school is so fucking awful, this is from the school district's about page:
I guess we can make some assumptions about the school board members and funding sources.
Being an American requires conformity with the positive benefit of unity
We must be living in different Americas. This country loves nothing more than rebellion.
But only white people are allowed to rebel. Didn't you read the fine print?
Compromise, conformity, assimilation, submission
Ignorance, hypocrisy, brutality, the elite
All of which are American dreams
All of which are American dreams
All of which are American dreams
All of which are American dreams
All of which are American dreams
All of which are American dreams
All of which are American dreams
All of which are American dreams
I looked through the article for a link to the ad, but couldn't find it. It is also not linked in other publications. Here is a photo of the ad that I found on Twitter:
Being an american requires conformity
Says the guy with the confederate flag in his living room
I HIGHLY recommend people actually click through and read the superintendent's full ad, because it's a gold mine of hypocrisy, idiocy, and not-so-subtle racism.
EDIT: To clarify, the article doesn't actually present the superintendent's screed. It embeds a tweet that has a photo of it. That said, it's been posted elsewhere in this thread, which has the added upside of avoiding Twitter.
Pool alleged that the family's lawyer said she wants to “bankrupt” the school district and its leaders during the legal proceedings.
Isn't that a Republican's job?
Isn’t that literally the opposite of freedom. Also of our international reputation. We’re weird and unique and that’s good.
I'm always amazed the lengths people will go to justify the needless destruction of someone's life.
This motherfucker paid for a full page ad to scream fuck you I'm right??
This guy thinks we're still in an era where an old white man with a little bit of power can just proclaim something and it will be treated as fact.
Granted, if Trump wins in November we'll be in that era again, but for now...
They should sue the school for sexual discrimination, as the code only applies to boys.
I thought being American required chants about freedom. Turns out it’s about conformity to the will of assholes.
Anti discrimination laws need to be updated nationally to forbid discrimination based on hair style. Civilization hasn't melted here in Minnesota, it's not going to melt in Texas either.
I wonder how long he looked at the map before picking the hill he wanted to die on.
How the fuck is it not allowed for boys to wear long hair ? How stupid do you have to be?
Such a strange thing to make a stand against, especially from the punk scene haircuts I remember back in the 80s, 90s. This isn't even super noticeable, comparatively.
Gee, wonder what the real issue is here....
The Olympic-tier mental gymnastics touting conformity in fucking Texas of all places is truly astonishing. I mean, is it personal freedumbs and rugged, short-haired individuality or is it the Stepford state? Make up your gd minds
Here's a complete list of all the times someone else's hair had any impact of any nature whatsoever on my life:
Same guy will unironically put his hand over his heart and belt out "Land of the free and home of the brave"
Only for conformists, apparently.