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Joann Fabrics fires employee who told Idaho mom and son ‘boys can’t wear dresses’
Kansas City Star ^ | SEPTEMBER 21, 2022 | BROOKE BAITINGER

Posted on 09/22/2022 4:30:33 AM PDT by ConservativeStatement

An Idaho mom says she took her 7-year-old son to a craft store to cheer him up after he was bullied at school. They were having a great time scouring the aisles for the perfect fabric for a new Spider-Man dress she was going to make for him, Piper Phillips said in a now-viral TikTok video. But they ran into more bullying when they got to the fabric-cutting counter at the Joann Fabrics in Moscow, Idaho, she told Insider. The incident led Joann’s to fire the worker for making “inappropriate, judgmental and derogatory remarks.”

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TOPICS: Chit/Chat; Local News; Society
KEYWORDS: childabuse; clothing; gender; homosexualagenda; idaho; joann; lgbtq; moscow
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1 posted on 09/22/2022 4:30:33 AM PDT by ConservativeStatement
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To: ConservativeStatement

Fired for telling the truth.


2 posted on 09/22/2022 4:32:20 AM PDT by Tudorfly (All things are possible within the will of God.)
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To: ConservativeStatement

my son was getting bullied at school, so I took him to the store to buy him a dress....brilliant logic there.


3 posted on 09/22/2022 4:33:57 AM PDT by qwerty1234
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To: ConservativeStatement

The nice thing about being a low level employee is that you do not have to lie to yourself and the world


4 posted on 09/22/2022 4:34:03 AM PDT by BRL
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To: ConservativeStatement

The kid being autistic isn’t enough for her to parade him around for sympathy. She has to put a dress on him.

7 year old autistic kids aren’t gender queer, whatever the eff that is.


5 posted on 09/22/2022 4:34:26 AM PDT by HYPOCRACY (This is the dystopian future we've been waiting for!)
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To: ConservativeStatement

Welcome to the cuckoo’s nest


6 posted on 09/22/2022 4:34:28 AM PDT by gattaca
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To: Tudorfly

It’s not that they can’t, it’s that they shouldn’t. You want to prance around in a dress at 3, whatever, but by the time you hit adolescence, wanting to wear a dress is socially awkward for a boy.


7 posted on 09/22/2022 4:34:52 AM PDT by rarestia (“A nation which can prefer disgrace to danger is prepared for a master, and deserves one.” -Hamilton)
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To: qwerty1234

I’m glad I’m not the only one who thought that...


8 posted on 09/22/2022 4:35:42 AM PDT by ObozoMustGo2012
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To: HYPOCRACY

The mom is mentally and emotionally ill. I feel sorry for the poor little BOY.


9 posted on 09/22/2022 4:36:06 AM PDT by hoosierham (Freedom isnt free)
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To: ConservativeStatement

(They were having a great time scouring the aisles for the perfect fabric for a new Spider-Man dress she was going to make for him)

🤔🤔🤔


10 posted on 09/22/2022 4:36:19 AM PDT by SaveFerris (Luke 17:28 ... as it was in the days of Lot; they did eat, they drank, they bought, they sold ......)
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“....faster than you can say ‘Jack Robinson’”


11 posted on 09/22/2022 4:36:24 AM PDT by dfwgator (Endut! Hoch Hech!)
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But they ran into more bullying when they got to the fabric-cutting counter at the Joann Fabrics in Moscow, Idaho

Since the leftards are against bullying (sometimes it's warranted) then as a means to find common ground, I suggest we bring back padded wagons, butterfly nets and large mental institutions.

12 posted on 09/22/2022 4:37:28 AM PDT by liberalh8ter (The only difference between flash mob 'urban yutes' and U.S. politicians is the hoodies.)
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They’re just setting themselves up for bullying. Sorry but it’s not the norm for boys to wear dresses. It’s just a fact. But I guess facts don’t matter anymore.


13 posted on 09/22/2022 4:37:38 AM PDT by ProudDeplorable (Concentrated power has always been the enemy of liberty. ~ Ronald Reagan)
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To: Tudorfly

Fired for doing it on the employer’s time and property.

I’d’ve fired the employee, too.


14 posted on 09/22/2022 4:37:52 AM PDT by mewzilla (We need to repeal RCV wherever it's in use and go back to dumb voting machines.)
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To: hoosierham

Same here.


15 posted on 09/22/2022 4:38:01 AM PDT by HYPOCRACY (This is the dystopian future we've been waiting for!)
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To: Tudorfly

As an employee, you cannot say anything politically. I work part time at Winn-Dixie as a cashier. Customers, about Biden and Trump, I just listen and don’t say a word. Regardless if I agree or disagree, we are not allowed to say anything political whatsoever. This worker at Joann’s definitely knew that.


16 posted on 09/22/2022 4:38:49 AM PDT by napscoordinator (Trump/Hunter, jr for President/Vice President 2016 democratic )
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To: rarestia

It’s the parents job to PROPERLY guide children and that includes affirmation of the child’s biological sex. Dressing little boys in girl’s clothes is only going to confuse the child. BAD mom.


17 posted on 09/22/2022 4:40:07 AM PDT by hoosierham (Freedom isnt free)
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To: ConservativeStatement

You get fired for saying something that is true and has been accepted by the world for thousands of years.


18 posted on 09/22/2022 4:40:16 AM PDT by I want the USA back (I hate the media. )
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““I see who’s at the cut counter, and I’m already worried,” she said. Phillips explained she used to be a manager at that Joann’s store, and while she was there this employee had a history of “saying really inappropriate things to customers and to employees about LGBTQ+ matters and religious matters,” she said.”

And she didn’t report the employee before AS the manager?

Yeah... I call BS on this whole story.


19 posted on 09/22/2022 4:41:15 AM PDT by Skywise
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To: mewzilla

If the employee had a concern about the kid’s safety, well-being then the employee reports the parent to the cops and/or CPS.

Preferably after talking to management first.

BTW, I wouldn’t have fired the employee for reporting the parent to CPS and/or the cops.


20 posted on 09/22/2022 4:41:33 AM PDT by mewzilla (We need to repeal RCV wherever it's in use and go back to dumb voting machines.)
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