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To: GROUND ZERO™ who wrote (6656)	9/26/2019 7:13:04 AM
From: AdvocatusDiaboli	1 Recommendation Recommended By Pogeu Mahone Respond to of 13977

Greta Everywhere has the right breeding and parental support to make a successful career as a SJW or a politician. He mother is a performer and opera singer, her father an actor and director She has Asperger's Syndrome and other autism spectrum disorders that apparently give her superpowers. She has been compared to the mythical Cassandra (not to be confused with Ms Baby Boomer the imposter) This little shite is not going away soon.

To: GROUND ZERO™ who wrote (6656)	9/26/2019 1:08:41 PM
From: Pogeu Mahone	Respond to of 13977

These kids want a cleaner world. Whole new level of disgusting. Laudable. Dead student went unnoticed for months in New Zealand university housing REUTERS Sep 26th 2019 10:03AM WELLINGTON — A New Zealand university is investigating after the body of a student was found in one of its residences this week, nearly two months after he died in his room. The case has shocked New Zealand, raising questions about how the young man's death was not discovered for so long and prompting a broader review of student welfare in the country. Campus Living Villages, the Australian company which manages the residence at the University of Canterbury in the South Island city of Christchurch, said on Thursday the student's family deserved to know what happened. "If something needs to change in the way we operate our services, my assurance is we will do it," CLV managing director John Schroder told local media. "We can never eliminate all risk, but we can, and we must do all we can to minimize it." The student has not been formally identified, although local media reported that he was a New Zealand citizen. His body was found after fellow students noticed an odor coming from the room and informed police. The cause of death has not been confirmed, and the case has been referred to the coroner to investigate. Canterbury University Vice Chancellor Cheryl de la Rey said in a statement the university was "devastated by what has happened and extend our deepest sympathy to the family." "Despite the comprehensive pastoral care programs in place, for us it is inconceivable to imagine how these circumstances could have occurred," she added. New Zealand Education Minister Chris Hipkins said the case was a failure of both the university and the campus operators. "No student should be left for that period of time unattended, uncared for when they're living in a hall of residence or a hostel," Hipkins told Radio New Zealand.

To: GROUND ZERO™ who wrote (6656)	10/3/2019 11:01:57 AM
From: Pogeu Mahone	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 13977

Virginia Teacher Fired for Refusing to Use Transgender Student’s New Pronouns, Sues District for Discrimination By ELLIOT HANNON OCT 02, 20199:22 AM TWEETSHARECOMMENT A “safe space” sticker on a high school classroom door on Sep. 9, 2019. ANNA REED / STATESMAN JOURNAL, Salem Statesman Journal via Imagn Content Services, LLC Popular in News & Politics Republicans Now Say It’s OK to Enlist Foreign Help in an Election Trump’s Off-the-Rails Press Conference With the President of Finland Suggests It’s Going to Be a Very Long Autumn The Evangelical Mega-Pastor Who’s Darkly Warning of Civil War Leaked Audio Reveals How Legislators Are Taught to Get Away With GerrymanderingA Virginia public school teacher fired in December by the school district for refusing to call a transgender student, who had recently transitioned, by the student’s new, preferred pronouns filed a lawsuit Monday alleging wrongful termination “for exercising his rights to free speech and free exercise.” Peter Vlaming, a French teacher at West Point High School in southern Virginia, said in the suit that he had gone to great lengths to accommodate the ninth grade student, who had transitioned from female to male over the summer, addressing the student by his male name, but stopped short of using the student’s preferred masculine pronouns he/him/his. Vlaming was threatened with disciplinary action by the school, if he refused to comply with the student’s request. When Vlaming refused to refer to the student as asked, at one point referring to “her” in front of the class during an exercise, the student objected, waiting until after the class had finished and other students had cleared out before addressing the issue with the teacher. “Mr. Vlaming, you may have your religion,” the student said, “but you need to respect who I am.” The student then withdrew from the class. Vlaming was suspended for insubordination and, weeks later, fired by the school board. In his suit, the 47-year-old teacher who had been at the school for seven years says that his religious beliefs prevented him from addressing a teenager the way that was asked of him. Which core religious tenet was violated? “Vlaming’s conscience and religious practice prohibits him from intentionally lying, and he sincerely believes that referring to a female as a male by using an objectively male pronoun is telling a lie,” the lawsuit argues. Vlaming said his willingness to refer to the student by name, skipping gender altogether, was an effort at “mutual tolerance.” The student and school district refused however. “I can’t think of a worse way to treat a child than what was happening,” West Point High Principal Jonathan Hochman said after the incident. “That discrimination then leads to creating a hostile learning environment. And the student had expressed that. The parent had expressed that,” the school superintendent said. “They felt disrespected.” The French teacher complained at the time that his job had been put at risk for expressing views held by “most of the world for most of human history.” “That is not tolerance,” Vlaming said of school officials reaction. “That is coercion.” In his suit, Vlaming now claims it was he that was discriminated against by the district and is seeking $500,000 in lost wages, as well as an additional $500,000 for pain, suffering, and emotional distress. Tweet