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  1. Triscy Triscy

    Hey... I'm Fluttershy. I saw this site and made an account. I hope you don't mind...

    Tuesday, 05-Apr-11 01:06:59 UTC from web
    1. RedEnchilada (notice the lack of a space) RedEnchilada (notice the lack of a space)

      @vt3c If you notice, anything regarding homosexuality in that article is commentary by the reporter designed to start drama. The actual bill only allows people freedom to express their religion however they desire; if people decide to twist their words to mean "beat up the gays" then they're the ones at fault.

      Wednesday, 21-May-14 00:48:00 UTC from web
      1. Rarity Rarity

        @redenchilada "A student could also stand in class and say their religion says that gay people are sinners and going to hell, and that speech would be legally protected." So a kid can disrupt class if he says his religion told him to?

        Wednesday, 21-May-14 00:49:51 UTC from web
        1. Matt Matt

          @rarity "If you notice, anything regarding homosexuality in that article is commentary by the reporter designed to start drama."

          Wednesday, 21-May-14 00:51:11 UTC from web
          1. Rarity Rarity

            @redenchilada @mrmattimation "This bill specifies that a student may express beliefs about religion in homework, artwork, and other written and oral assignments free from discrimination based on the religious content of their submissions. A student would not be penalized or rewarded on account of the religious content of the student's work." actual text from the Tennessee Capitol website.

            Wednesday, 21-May-14 00:52:42 UTC from web
            1. RedEnchilada (notice the lack of a space) RedEnchilada (notice the lack of a space)

              @rarity I'm not seeing the problem with that.

              Wednesday, 21-May-14 00:53:20 UTC from web
              1. Rarity Rarity

                @redenchilada I fail to see how this quote from the article "At a basic level, a student could merely write “God” on a chemistry test as the answer to a question asking to where water comes from." is incorrect

                Wednesday, 21-May-14 00:54:35 UTC from web
                1. RedEnchilada (notice the lack of a space) RedEnchilada (notice the lack of a space)

                  @rarity And he'd be counted wrong because that's not what the question was asking.

                  Wednesday, 21-May-14 00:55:25 UTC from web
            2. Matt Matt

              @rarity Says nothing about persecuting gays.

              Wednesday, 21-May-14 00:54:20 UTC from web
              1. Rarity Rarity

                @mrmattimation when did I bananasing say I was talking about persecuting gays? The bill is stupid for more than jus tthat

                Wednesday, 21-May-14 00:54:50 UTC from web
                1. Matt Matt

                  @rarity You're saying the bill is stupid because it allows people to freely express their religion. Gotcha.

                  Wednesday, 21-May-14 00:55:26 UTC from web
            3. RDN's Lucifer RDN's Lucifer

              @rarity That's basically an endorsement of the kid's constitutional rights.

              Wednesday, 21-May-14 00:54:53 UTC from web
              1. Rarity Rarity

                @mrmattimation @nerthos but the "student cannot be penalized" part is what I'm getting at. Is it saying that the kid can't be marked wrong?

                Wednesday, 21-May-14 00:55:47 UTC from web
                1. RDN's Lucifer RDN's Lucifer

                  @rarity He can't be penalized for expressing religious views. It says nothing about being penalized for harassing another student or the like.

                  Wednesday, 21-May-14 00:57:37 UTC from web
                  1. Rarity Rarity

                    @nerthos @mrmattimation that's LITERALLY all I was asking, Jesus H christ

                    Wednesday, 21-May-14 00:58:20 UTC from web
                    1. RDN's Lucifer RDN's Lucifer

                      @rarity Well, I answered that as soon as I noticed that's what you were aiming for.

                      Wednesday, 21-May-14 00:59:20 UTC from web
                    2. Matt Matt

                      @rarity you didn't make it clear.

                      Wednesday, 21-May-14 00:59:50 UTC from web
                      1. scoot scoot

                        @mrmattimation He actually did. You were all too busy getting mad to understand what he was asking, I've been following the whole thing

                        Wednesday, 21-May-14 01:00:13 UTC from web
                        1. RDN's Lucifer RDN's Lucifer

                          @scoot Chill, nobody was getting mad at anyone, everyone was answering to the best of their abilities in relation to their understanding of the questions.

                          Wednesday, 21-May-14 01:01:09 UTC from web
                          1. scoot scoot

                            @nerthos Looked more like a group of people shouting at someone for thinking differently, lots of redashing each other and utterly failing to actually read his dashes.

                            Wednesday, 21-May-14 01:01:54 UTC from web
                            1. Rarity Rarity

                              @scoot don't worry about it

                              Wednesday, 21-May-14 01:02:34 UTC from web
                              1. scoot scoot

                                @rarity Alright, it was just sort of a hideous display of the bullying mentality in RDN once again. Sick of it

                                Wednesday, 21-May-14 01:03:48 UTC from web
                                1. Rarity Rarity

                                  @scoot I'm sick of it too but it ended relatively quickly once they understood what I meant so it's not worth fighting over

                                  Wednesday, 21-May-14 01:04:14 UTC from web
                                  1. scoot scoot

                                    @rarity I know, I'm done. Just couldn't sit here and say absolutely nothing about it this time.

                                    Wednesday, 21-May-14 01:04:39 UTC from web
                                  2. William William

                                    @rarity i misunderstood admittedly and apologise.

                                    Wednesday, 21-May-14 01:05:09 UTC from web
                            2. RDN's Lucifer RDN's Lucifer

                              @scoot That's because you assumed people were attacking someone. Cognitive bias.

                              Wednesday, 21-May-14 01:02:35 UTC from web
                              1. scoot scoot

                                @nerthos No bias, I was just watching the dashes come in. You're more biased than I, you were a part of it.

                                Wednesday, 21-May-14 01:03:09 UTC from web
                            3. RDN's Lucifer RDN's Lucifer

                              @scoot In any case the whole issue already ended and discussing this would only lead to unneeded drama.

                              Wednesday, 21-May-14 01:03:09 UTC from web
        2. RedEnchilada (notice the lack of a space) RedEnchilada (notice the lack of a space)

          @rarity Did I not just say that was added in by the author with the express intent to start drama?

          Wednesday, 21-May-14 00:51:36 UTC from web
        3. William William

          @rarity problem with freedom of speech is it goes both ways. The teacher can also have the freedom to kick that student out of the class.

          Wednesday, 21-May-14 00:51:37 UTC from web
        4. RDN's Lucifer RDN's Lucifer

          @rarity They couldn't legally prosecute for that, but that doesn't mean the school wouldn't send him to detention or something him like any other troublemaker.

          Wednesday, 21-May-14 00:51:38 UTC from web