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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.

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[–] chemical_cutthroat@lemmy.world 134 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (2 children)

Yeah, but... think about it. We haven't seen the girl. What if she was, like, REALLY hot? A complete fucking smoke show. 10/10. One of the ones you might sneak into a dressing room at beauty pageant to see. Or maybe even hop on a private plane to meet on some luxurious island. Or even carry across state lines. I don't think we should pass judgement on this man until we determine if he was a pedophile, a pedophile, or a pedophile.

Edit: Also, if reading the first few lines of this post made your stomach twist a little, then you are one of the good ones. Keep it up. The world needs more of you and less of this douche nozzle.

[–] luthis@lemmy.nz 41 points 1 week ago (1 children)

The first few lines did have me thinking ' I don't know where you're going with this one bro...'

[–] Gullible@sh.itjust.works 18 points 1 week ago (2 children)

You act like you’ve never stared at a teenager’s ass. I used to spend hours doing it. Hell, I think some of them even liked when I looked at them. Mind you, this was way back when I was a teenager. I couldn’t help but double up the joke, but worse.

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[–] homesweethomeMrL@lemmy.world 100 points 1 week ago (14 children)

Good ole boys gonna good ole boy

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[–] Nurse_Robot@lemmy.world 71 points 1 week ago (13 children)

Thank God. I was worried we were going to hold men accountable for once

[–] Lost_My_Mind@lemmy.world 12 points 1 week ago (10 children)

Hi, man here. I just wanted to say that not all men are like this. But also as a man, I'd like to say there are too many men that ARE like this.

And just so everybody is clear, "too many" is any number above zero.

[–] Pat_Riot@lemmy.today 12 points 1 week ago

He should have his computer confiscated and searched. It's a cinch this fucker has a TB of CSAM in an unencrypted HD just waiting to be found.

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[–] nothingcorporate@lemmy.today 55 points 1 week ago (2 children)

The bar is so low, yet the US keeps effortlessly limboing under it

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[–] BigMacHole@thelemmy.club 48 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Why are you Libtards up in Arms about THIS? Being a Pedophile is as American as Apple Pie!

-Republicans who show up ARMED to Children's Hospitals to PROTECT THE CHILDREN TM!

[–] FlashMobOfOne@lemmy.world 11 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Sadly, as much as it's a joke in this commentary, it is.

We went from Lawrence King and his ring in the 80's and early 90's to Epstein in the 90's and 00's, and both were publicly and evidently connected to the highest levels of the US government. King's ring also had mysterious deaths, including the lead investigator and his son being killed in a plane crash.

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[–] ThePowerOfGeek@lemmy.world 38 points 1 week ago

No it's okay everyone, because that one school board guy is going to pray about it, and that'll fix everything! /s

What a fucking joke. This is the third time the guy has done this. He, and the entire board, should be fired.

[–] DarkFuture@lemmy.world 38 points 1 week ago (36 children)

Willing to put a month's wages down on which party he's affiliated with.

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[–] Luminous5481@anarchist.nexus 36 points 1 week ago (41 children)

Somebody immediately blocked me yesterday, despite me never speaking to them or having seen them before, because I said we needed to start using violence against people who do this shit. It's the only way to stop it, because clearly holding them accountable doesn't work in the US. If it did, we wouldn't have a pedophile for a president.

[–] markko@lemmy.world 16 points 1 week ago (2 children)

Holding people accountable works if they are actually held accountable.

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[–] SirEDCaLot@lemmy.today 34 points 1 week ago (4 children)

"The standard you walk past, is the standard you accept." --Lt. Gen. David Morrison, former head of Australian Army.

Amusingly he was talking about a situation where male soldiers were sexually assaulting female soldiers, while a larger group of servicemembers knew this was happening but did nothing to stop or report or prevent it.

He's 100% right though. The standard this school board walks past, and thus the standard they accept, is one of their own sexually harassing a teenage girl.

Every one of them that laughed or snickered or whatever should be removed.

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[–] mrgoosmoos@lemmy.ca 32 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (5 children)

why would he be removed? he goes to church on Sunday.

also, bring back punching people in the face in public

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[–] BillCheddar@lemmy.world 25 points 1 week ago (9 children)

There's not one man in that entire city who is willing to do thirty days in jail to kick this guy's ass?

Not one bored retiree with honor?

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[–] tiredofsametab@fedia.io 22 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Dude's electronics should have been seized and searched immediately.

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[–] alexquiniou@lemmy.zip 21 points 1 week ago

Think about what it's said and done when cameras are off.

[–] dansemacabreingalone@lemmy.dbzer0.com 19 points 1 week ago (14 children)

Wheres all the 'kill your local pedophile' talk now?

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[–] PP_BOY_@lemmy.world 16 points 1 week ago (11 children)
[–] Lost_My_Mind@lemmy.world 16 points 1 week ago

There's a petition you can sign to remove him. I saw it yesterday.

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[–] NottaLottaOcelot@lemmy.ca 15 points 1 week ago (5 children)

I’m a dentist and we get summaries of the disciplinary actions taken by our board. A few years ago, there was a male dentist who finally lost his licence for grabbing patients’ and staff’s breasts. The summary read that he had been disciplined for this five times already and they were only just waking up to the fact that he should no longer be licensed to practice.

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[–] brianpeiris@lemmy.ca 14 points 1 week ago

They started the meeting with a prayer about "keeping their minds on the children", followed by the most robotic sounding pledge of allegiance I've ever heard, and then they proceeded to pardon the predator, mostly using religious "grace" as a justification. America!

[–] tigeruppercut@lemmy.zip 13 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

Oh weird, so strange and not usual at all that the ones not calling for his resignation invoke Christian values and Jeebus (and literally comparing him to the pedo in chief). Unfortunately with world events being what they are I'm sure this'll be forgotten within a day or two. Apparently we can only wait for this guy's name to pop up in the paper in a few years for having raped a bunch of pre teens.

[–] Jhex@lemmy.world 10 points 1 week ago

lol throwing the christian mea culpa just makes it worse… I guess if your president can be a child rapist and traficker, this garbage school board member has nothing to fear

[–] DozensOfDonner@mander.xyz 10 points 1 week ago

And... Its in front of a camera? For the whole world to see...?

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