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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 39 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

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 15 points 1 month ago

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

[-] Gullible@sh.itjust.works 9 points 1 month ago

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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[-] nothingcorporate@lemmy.today 30 points 1 month ago

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

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[-] homesweethomeMrL@lemmy.world 24 points 1 month ago

Good ole boys gonna good ole boy

[-] Serinus@lemmy.world 3 points 1 month ago

It's likely they see it as one harmless comment and not the pattern and culture that it is.

[-] JohnnyEnzyme@piefed.social 2 points 1 month ago

Maybe I'm being unfair to someone out there, but I kinda like the term "rednecks."

[-] SippyCup@lemmy.world 13 points 1 month ago

This is literally a Good Ole Boy network at work. It looks like he's a dairy farmer, though how much actual labor he does is anyone's guess. He may also be a redneck, but he's a good ole boy, and this is what that looks like when that system is working.

[-] JohnnyEnzyme@piefed.social 5 points 1 month ago

Yeap, good points.

Good ole boys are the political in group in small towns. Generally they have good jobs and are seen by locals as community leaders of some sort. Rednecks are basically anyone who enjoys things typically associated with rural living. Anyone can be a redneck and there are plenty of rednecks in jail for way less serious things than child abuse.

[-] JohnnyEnzyme@piefed.social 3 points 1 month ago

TBH, there's an intentional slander element I'm going for.

The idea being that such 'community leaders' are little more than rednecks to me, at the end of the day. And I'm not sure I agree about the 'rural living' definition. Nothing wrong with rural life IMO, but rednecks are moreso representative to me of toxic actors amongst such folks.

[-] Mac@mander.xyz 2 points 1 month ago

Redneck is something else

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[-] BigMacHole@thelemmy.club 22 points 1 month ago

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!

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[-] Nurse_Robot@lemmy.world 17 points 1 month ago

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

[-] Lost_My_Mind@lemmy.world 3 points 1 month ago

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 3 points 1 month 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.

[-] Luminous5481@anarchist.nexus 2 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

Please tell me you didn't just #NotAllMen them verbatim 😂

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[-] ThePowerOfGeek@lemmy.world 13 points 1 month 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.

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

[-] DarkFuture@lemmy.world 7 points 1 month ago

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

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[-] tiredofsametab@fedia.io 7 points 1 month ago

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

[-] brianpeiris@lemmy.ca 6 points 1 month 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!

[-] BillCheddar@lemmy.world 5 points 1 month ago

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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[-] alexquiniou@lemmy.zip 4 points 1 month ago

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

[-] SirEDCaLot@lemmy.today 4 points 1 month ago

"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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[-] DozensOfDonner@mander.xyz 4 points 1 month ago

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

[-] Jhex@lemmy.world 4 points 1 month 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

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[-] Lost_My_Mind@lemmy.world 4 points 1 month ago

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

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[-] mrgoosmoos@lemmy.ca 3 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

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

also, bring back punching people in the face in public

[-] VitoRobles@lemmy.today 3 points 1 month ago

Pedophile-lite here.

This dude is only in schools to creep.

[-] FuglyDuck@lemmy.world 3 points 1 month ago

Naw. Not -lite. This guy is full on pedo.

[-] Luminous5481@anarchist.nexus 2 points 1 month ago

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.

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