[Vision2020] School confiscates third-grader's cupcakes topped with toy soldiers

[Joe Campbell]

You make a post; two liberals/progressives say "right" and a third
says "right but ..." and you post this. Wtf?

Really you should just put an automatic reply on your computer that
says "I'm amazed, perplexed, and astonished by how far the politically
correct crowd will go with respect to their beliefs" and find
something better to do with your time. You just keep saying this same
thing over and over again. At least when your not defending the rights
of neo-Nazis and others.

On Sun, Mar 10, 2013 at 10:27 AM, Paul Rumelhart <godshatter at yahoo.com> wrote:
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> On 03/09/2013 10:46 PM, Saundra Lund wrote:
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> But, this sensational story certainly is a convenient one for some with
> agendas to seize onto.  And, focusing on the story is perhaps the best
> example of going after low hanging fruit that I’ve seen in a bit ;-)
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> I'm amazed, perplexed, and astonished by how far the politically correct
> crowd will go with respect to their apparent belief that guns are bad, but
> if I point to an article in a mainstream news service demonstrating it then
> I'm "seizing" onto it because of my "agenda", despite the fact that I don't
> align politically with either major political party that are fighting over
> this particular issue.
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> I guess you could say that I have an anti-PC agenda.  It's not my fault that
> guns are now the current PC bogeyman.
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> Paul.
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> If the shoe fits, wear it.
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> Saundra
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> From: vision2020-bounces at moscow.com [mailto:vision2020-bounces at moscow.com]
> On Behalf Of Paul Rumelhart
> Sent: Saturday, March 09, 2013 7:07 PM
> To: Vision 2020
> Subject: [Vision2020] School confiscates third-grader’s cupcakes topped with
> toy soldiers
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> This is getting a little ridiculous, don't you think?
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> Paul
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> http://news.yahoo.com/school-confiscates-third-grader-cupcakes-topped-toy-soldiers-215018982.html
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> School confiscates third-grader’s cupcakes topped with toy soldiers
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> The Daily Caller – Fri, Mar 8, 2013
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> In the latest incident of anti-gun hysteria to erupt in a school setting,
> officials at an elementary school in small-town Michigan impounded a
> third-grader boy’s batch of 30 homemade birthday cupcakes because they were
> adorned with green plastic figurines representing World War Two soldiers.
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> The school principal branded the military-themed cupcakes “insensitive” in
> light of the Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting, reports Fox News Radio.
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> “It disgusted me,” Casey Fountain, the boy’s father, told Fox News. “It’s
> vile they lump true American heroes with psychopathic killers.”
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> Fountain explained that his wife had made the cupcakes. His son, Hunter,
> helped decorate them. The following morning, Fountain’s wife brought the
> taboo treats to the school’s front office, where the secretary reportedly
> remarked favorably on their appearance.
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> “About 15 minutes later the school called my wife and told her they couldn’t
> serve the cupcakes because the soldiers had guns,” Fountain told Fox News.
> “My wife told them to remove the soldiers and serve the cupcakes anyway —
> and I believe she may have used more colorful language.”
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> “We’re just taking political correctness too far,” the angry father added.
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> In a statement to local media, Schall Elementary School principal Susan
> Wright Susan Wright doubled down on her school’s bold stand against little
> green men that represent American soldiers.
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> “These are toys that were commonplace in the past,” Wright said. “However,
> some parents prohibit all guns as toys. In light of that difference, the
> school offered to replace the soldiers with another item and the soldiers
> were returned home with the student.”
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> “Living in a democratic society entails respect for opposing opinions,” the
> principal also said. “In the climate of recent events in schools we walk a
> delicate balance in teaching non-violence in our buildings and trying to
> ensure a safe, peaceful atmosphere.”
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> This incident is the latest in a growing line of apparent overreactions by
> school officials to things students have brought to school — or talked about
> bringing to school, or eaten at school — that are not anything like real
> guns.
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> At Genoa-Kingston Middle School in northeast Illinois, a teacher threatened
> an eighth-grader with suspension if he did not remove his t-shirt emblazoned
> with the interlocking rifles insignia of the United States Marines.
> (RELATED: Junior high teacher tells kid to remove Marines t-shirt or get
> suspended)
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> At Park Elementary School in Baltimore, Maryland, a student was suspended
> for two days because his teacher thought he shaped a strawberry, pre-baked
> toaster pastry into something resembling a gun. (RELATED: Second-grader
> suspended for having breakfast pastry shaped like a gun)
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> At Poston Butte High School in Arizona, a high school freshman was suspended
> for setting a picture of a gun as the desktop background on his
> school-issued computer. (RELATED: Freshman suspended for picture of gun)
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> At D. Newlin Fell School in Philadelphia, school officials reportedly yelled
> at a student and then searched her in front of her class after she was found
> with a paper gun her grandfather had made for her. (RELATED: Paper gun
> causes panic)
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> In rural Pennsylvania, a kindergarten girl was suspended for making a
> “terroristic threat” after she told another girl that she planned to shoot
> her with a pink Hello Kitty toy gun that bombards targets with soapy
> bubbles.
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> At Roscoe R. Nix Elementary School in Maryland, a six-year-old boy was
> suspended for making the universal kid sign for a gun, pointing at another
> student and saying “pow.” That boy’s suspension was later lifted and his
> name cleared. (RELATED: Pow! You’re suspended, kid)
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