Parents called terrorists

[Ted King]

davemchine wrote:
There was a claim that Attorney General Merrick Garland asked Biden to categorize parent protests on school grounds as terrorism. Some articles say it happened. Other articles say it didn't happen.

From what I read this news story came out of parents protesting the content of sex education classes and also some history regarding racial issues. Trying to understand all of the problems that pop up under this umbrella is a little bit like trying to untangle spaghetti.

https://www.factcheck.org/2022/04/attorn...errorists/

U.S. Attorney General Merrick Garland said that he couldn’t even “imagine a circumstance” where “parents complaining” at a school board meeting would be “labeled as domestic terrorism.” Yet, several Republicans have continued to falsely claim Garland called such parents “terrorists.”

The nugget of truth behind the political spin is that a letter from the National School Boards Association to Garland last fall argued some violent threats against school officials “could be the equivalent to a form of domestic terrorism” that would warrant the intervention of federal law enforcement. In his response, Garland directed his agency to review strategies to address violent threats and harassment against school boards, but he didn’t use the NSBA’s “terrorism” language, for which the group later apologized.

[davemchine]

I'm glad to hear it was debunked but it still leaves the problem of parents responding inappropriately at times to school boards. I am so glad that my kids never joined the public school system. It seems like a terrible mess. All I can do is sigh and hope for the best. Maybe that isn't quite all I can do. Our bible study class has been working thru 1st & 2nd Timothy and the teachers have been very clear. We pray for whoever is in authority and to give thanks for them. That's a tall order at times but there it is (ack more growing for me). :-)

[Diana]

davemchine, grow and change, or reach thermal equilibrium. Your choice.

miley-excited001:

[kj]

Diana wrote:
davemchine, grow and change, or reach thermal equilibrium. Your choice.

miley-excited001:

Sounds like he's already made the choice to grow. But it isn't always easy to work at it.

[davemchine]

I took Diana’s post as a friendly poke. We are good. But kj is right in saying growth isn’t easy.