I work at a public high school, and as we all know, public education is run by well-meaning but absolutely deceived people who are bound and determined to improve the self-esteem and self-worth of kids. My school has a diversity club whose acronymic title boasts that the purpose of the club is that students will Learning "Acceptance" through "Education." I hesitate to name the club's real title lest some kid google it, find this here blog, and get me railroaded out of town for the upcoming tirade.
The club is officially not about sexual orientation decision issues; it is ostensibly about race relations - which in my school actually are a big deal. But the sponsors of the club and others around the school have "Hate Free Zone" signs hanging in their classrooms and office spaces. The original "Hate Free Zone" poster was created, printed, and distributed by the local Gay/Bisexual/Transgender alliance. The "Hate Free Zone" poster makes me incredibly cranky, and the picture at left is my response to such idiocy. If you click on the picture, it'll bring up a big version, and you are welcome to print it and hang it in your office or classroom.
I've got one hanging by my door. For now, at least, I still have my right to free speech.
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Good work my man, Why to be light in the Dark.
Amen to that! Is this a Focus product? :)
I hate when students are late to class. I hate when I'm interrupted for announcements. I hate when the computer doesn't work. I hate the sound of pencils tapping on desks. Obviously, I couldn't put up a Hate Free Zone sign. Yours, though, I could put up.
Kudos! Thank you for adding some diversity to the crap messages that get sent to such impressionable minds! Way to make them think! We need more teachers to stick up for truth! Maybe tenure will prove helpful. :)
I'm pretty sure you're fired. Hey! Now that you have spare time you guys can visit us in Ukraine. Actually, since I am fully convinced that the teachers unions are more political shills than protectors of teacher, I am guessing that your tenure would not protect you in this instance. You're a hater.
I have been looking at some interesting stories coming out of Canada regarding that subject. They have a Human Rights Commission that prosecutes thought crimes and it has been caught red-handed going on an accused hatemonger's website to make comments disguised as someone else and then using their own comments as evidence of his malfeasance. They also are using as a "exhibit A" a picture they got from the internet of the defendant standing behind a neo-nazi at a rally. One issue...the picture of the middle aged Nazi was taken when the defendant was 17. Amazing! Identity theft, perjury, and - even more offensive - relying on random internet sources, all to prove that this guy doesn't like people from elsewhere.
Well done - someone must police the thought police. It boggles my mind that implying that only said space is hate free that all other spaces are free for hate - because that makes teaching easier.
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