Posted on 08/15/2008 9:04:56 AM PDT by metmom
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Fixed it.
So you were an educator. You have my respect and sympathy. :)
My wife is learning the process. She a teacher’s aid for an elementary school. She is doing pretty good.
Interesting side note: she has been asked to help with a new method of teaching preschoolers — “Tools of the Mind.”
Are you familiar with it? It is an application of Marxist theories. Yes, Marxist.
No, I never taught younger than 4th grade, but nothing surprises me. Parents have GOT to pay attention!!!!
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I believe the family would have a better chance of winning a suit, if they had sued on the basis of the school allowing Brandon McInerney to persist in his harassment of King. This is what started the whole problem. Larry King tried to retaliate by flirting with McInerney, and McInerney became so enraged, he resorted to murder.
McInerney is one sick individual. There is a very good chance, based on some of the information, coming out about the murder, that McInerney was latent gay. Then, he became enraged, when he realized he was responding to King’s flirting.
“Latent gay”? What is that? Code words for *We haven’t gotten to him yet*? IOW, he’s straight.
King was obnoxiously and belligerently provoking the others and McInerney in particular. He threatened to tell everyone they were having sex. I could see this pushing some teen kid over the edge.
Your character assassination and slander of McInerney are reprehensible.
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“Latent gay”? What is that? Code words for *We haven’t gotten to him yet*? IOW, he’s straight.
King was obnoxiously and belligerently provoking the others and McInerney in particular. He threatened to tell everyone they were having sex. I could see this pushing some teen kid over the edge.
Your character assassination and slander of McInerney are reprehensible.
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No, it is not. There is a lot of scientific evidence, there is a biological basis to people be gay or lesbian. Also, Freud postulated that men, who were the most violent in their hatred of gays, were most likely to have strong latent homosexual feelings themselves.
Brandon McInerney would seen to fit Freud’s model. Specifically, I will mention his academic performance. McInerney slipped from being of honor student level, to flunking, as if he was having a major personality conflict (as if he was experiencing the wakening of a trait, he could not handle).
Furthermore, I did not absolve Larry King of blame, I said he was retaliating by flirting with Brandon. It is very common for, teenage boys to harass boys, who are effeminate, by calling them fag, queer, etc., and even physical assault. King wanted McInerney to leave him alone, so he flirted with McInerney to repel him. That was a tactic, which only fueled the fire, leading to murder. King was at fault in this respect.
Both McInerney and King were engaging in sexual harassment. You should remember, that McInerney was the one, who committed murder. Murder is not an appropriate response for teasing.
I blame the criminal.
Do you actually believe this tripe? I would have kicked the fag's ass too if he flirted with me.
Eaker asks, Do you actually believe this tripe? I would have kicked the fag’s ass too if he flirted with me.”
Let’s examine what a classmate said about the situation:
“They teased him because he was different,” said Marissa Moreno. Brandon McInerney was identified as the ringleader of the group of boys, who were harassing Larry King.
I know that children will play ‘it’, and the kid who is declared ‘it’, ends up trying to push the title off onto someone else.
I also know that teenaged boys can be very childish, perhaps even more than first graders (especially the ones, who are trying to be super macho).
I am also very skeptical of the press, knowing that some members of the press prostitute themselves, failing to be totally objective in their reporting. This applies to some members of the press, from both the extreme left and the extreme religious right. The press is supposed to only present the facts, not slant the news to advance an agenda.
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