[dirtboy]

Teachers are _not_ supposed to teach socialism in school! It is a _bad_ thing when they do this. It is destroying the fabric of our nation!

So the public approaches the school board and voices their opposition. The school board, being duly elected by the public, can decide to tell the teacher to can the socialism studies or tell the public to stuff it. And the public, if they disagree with the school board, can elect another one next year.

Having a cop access a locked school room while on duty in pursuit of his own political agenda is NOT the proper way to attack this problem.

[MineralMan]

"Having a cop access a locked school room while on duty in pursuit of his own political agenda is NOT the proper way to attack this problem.
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I'm afraid we're blowing against a whirlwind here. The concept of equal protection under the law, and limited power of the police seems to go out the window when the end result seems to work toward a conservative end.

I find this extraordinarily sad. It seems that folks are unable to extend what this cop did to a situation where the politics were reversed.

Had this been a conservative teacher and some liberal cop had come in and taken pictures, say of a pro-life exhibit on the wall to expose some political agenda, then everybody'd be all ticked off at the cop. But that isn't the case here. It's the reverse, so it's OK for the cop to be doing what he ought not do.

We either have a free society, where people may hold and express any views they wish, without interference by the police, or we do not. From what I'm reading, it appears that many believe we should not have a free society. These were _student_ projects, not things done by the teacher.

A free society does not prohibit unpopular opinions. Apparently some here do not want a free society.