Not The Onion

21168 readers

2151 users here now

Welcome

We're not The Onion! Not affiliated with them in any way! Not operated by them in any way! All the news here is real!

The Rules

Posts must be:

Links to news stories from...
...credible sources, with...
...their original headlines, that...
...would make people who see the headline think, “That has got to be a story from The Onion, America’s Finest News Source.”

Please also avoid duplicates.

Comments and post content must abide by the server rules for Lemmy.world and generally abstain from trollish, bigoted, ableist, or otherwise disruptive behavior that makes this community less fun for everyone.

And that’s basically it!

founded 2 years ago

MODERATORS

kescusay@lemmy.world

708

"God, you're hot" school board member Keith Ervin not removed from school board. (www.youtube.com)

submitted 1 day ago by UnpopularCrow@lemmy.world to c/nottheonion@lemmy.world

151 comments fedilink hide all child comments

Half the school board thinks Keith deserves a third chance (that's right, not his first time making inappropriate comments to a child).

They say only he can decide if he wants to step down. They did vote in favor of censuring him. The rest of the school board members that laughed during the comment and touching of a child faced no repercussion. Some even pretended to be offended during the emergency hearing.

you are viewing a single comment's thread
view the rest of the comments

[–] pfried@reddthat.com -3 points 16 hours ago* (last edited 16 hours ago) (2 children)

Whatever you say, Batman. Are you the one who's going to deliver the punch?

Plenty of other countries have more vigilante justice and still have corrupt leaders, so clearly that doesn't work either. Maybe instead work to make your government better. In a democracy, it represents the will of the people.

[–] Luminous5481@anarchist.nexus 6 points 16 hours ago (2 children)

Are you the one who’s going to deliver the punch?

I hit my step-father over the head as a child with a cast iron pan for trying to force himself on my mother while drunk, so yeah, I'll fucking beat him up for you, if you're too much of a feckless hand-wringer to do anything to defend your community from predators. wouldn't want you to break your nails or muss up your hair gel.

Maybe instead work to make your government better. In a democracy, it represents the will of the people.

the United States is not a democracy, and the will of the people is ignored. so basically, you're advice is to sit back and do nothing, same as always.

[–] WizardofFrobozz@lemmy.ca 3 points 12 hours ago

There are a lot of problems with the US that more cast iron pans would fix. Good on you.

[–] pfried@reddthat.com 0 points 12 hours ago* (last edited 11 hours ago)

if you're too much of a feckless hand-wringer to do anything to defend your community from predators.

Unlike you, I do things that work instead of just putting myself in jail. I was lucky to grow up in a household with education and without violence, so that's why I'm more likely to make correct decisions.

the will of the people is ignored

News to me.

your advice

is to call for his resignation, raising embarrassment until he does. I'm active in local politics, so I know what works. It's the people who aren't active in politics who think action movies have all the answers. Rand Paul is still in office. Tony Gonzales will not be.

[–] WizardofFrobozz@lemmy.ca 2 points 13 hours ago

Because you don’t have the will to throw a punch, you’re just going to project insincerity onto those who do? Weak shit.