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Texas Boy Suspended For "Threatening" Classmate With the One Ring
An anonymous reader writes Nine-year-old Aiden Steward has been suspended by officials at a Texas school after he allegedly threatened to use his magic ring to make another boy disappear. His father says the family had watched The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies last weekend. His son brought a ring to class and told another boy his magic ring could make the boy disappear. "I assure you my son lacks the magical powers necessary to threaten his friend's existence," Aiden's father wrote in an email. "If he did, I'm sure he'd bring him right back." Principal Roxanne Greer declined to comment on the school's zero tolerance policy on magic rings. It may seem easy to make fun of Principal Greer in this case, but it does make one wonder how many elves could have been saved if someone took a hard line with a young Sauron.
I think that's pretty much the Texas state motto. At least judging by who they elect into office.
The kind of folks who would lose their shit over calling a dark skinned person "black" instead of the SJW approved term of the week aren't the ones who would lose their shit over teaching evolution.
They're people like YOU.
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Well, when you mix left wing Political Correctness, with Fundamentalist Christianity, you end up with the worst kinds of stupid. Unfortunately, nobody wants to listen to rational adults when politics is involved.
Which is why Libertarians all seem crazy. Okay, so Libertarians tend to attract all kinds of crazy, but not all of us are insane.
Agent K: A *person* is smart. People are dumb, stupid, panicky animals, and you know it.