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[Mael]

I guess in the land of free speech you can't joke about a bomb and not get thrown in jail...
This whole thing is all kinds of fucked up.

 

[PAULINK]

I guess in the land of free speech you can't joke about a bomb and not get thrown in jail...
This whole thing is all kinds of fucked up.

This has nothing to do with free speech lmao

 

[Quonny]

Oh wow well now we know that, they should have shot the monster on the spot. Im sure if a white kid joked about a bomb he'd be arrested too, so fairs fair.

I was specifically commenting to the people who said he was being bullied and the bully made it up, but keep being a funny man, funny man.

 

[KevinRo]

I guess in the land of free speech you can't joke about a bomb and not get thrown in jail...
This whole thing is all kinds of fucked up.

What the fuck?

 

[HawksWinStanley]

I know this is defending really shitty behavior, but that's standard procedure in Texas. All bomb threats are to be taken seriously and law enforcement is called in. This is really more of the police's fault.

If that's the case then I'm not sure how the principal is at fault at all. If that's procedure then that's procedure. The police should've come in with the bomb squad or whoever they use for this and then when nothing is found the accuser should be suspended for something that serious.

 

[Silver Arrows]

I guess in the land of free speech you can't joke about a bomb and not get thrown in jail...
This whole thing is all kinds of fucked up.

The fuck is this?

What in god's name are you talking qabout?

 

[emrober5]

You don't joke about having a bomb in your bag.

Not in times like these. It could have been handled better (like by contacting the family), but evacuating the school and detaining the kid is absolutely justified.

 

[Ashhong]

I guess in the land of free speech you can't joke about a bomb and not get thrown in jail...
This whole thing is all kinds of fucked up.

lol amurrca amirite?

You don't know what you're talking about.

 

[Mailenstein]

It's beyond me how fast the United States went from being a great place to live to being a total shithole. Beyond me.

 

[Skellig Gra]

It's beyond me how fast the United States went from being a great place to live to being a total shithole. Beyond me.

I'm not sure Dallas was ever a great place to live.

 

[robotzombie]

It's beyond me how fast the United States went from being a great place to live to being a total shithole. Beyond me.

haha yeah, the US is a total shithole

 

[enzo_gt]

As a Sikh, seeing both the islamophobia and general disregard for black lives in America has always made me a bit scared Sikhs would be next and this is worrying. Like, a tangible worry is washing over me and not just a paranoid one.

Also I'm watching Inside Man again as I read this :|

 

[Mailenstein]

I'm not sure Dallas was ever a great place to live.

Not just this case, but everything combined from the recent years. It's just sad to see somehow.

Also I'm watching Inside Man again as I read this :|

Great movie tho!

 

[bangbang i'm a timpani]

Uh, he apparently admitted to joking about having a bomb.

yea....i'm going to have to put some of the blame on the kid here

 

[thetrin]

Principal should be jailed for child endangerment.

As a Sikh man that sports a turban and a beard, I was actually quite nervous going to Seattle last weekend and was glad to be home in Canada even though nothing happened to me. I read these stories and I feel awful for American Sikhs. I've had racist shit thrown at me after 9/11, and I was like 12.

It sucks. Between this and the guy who got shot in the face (thank God he survived)... I dunno. It sucks feeling this shitty about it. My heart goes out to them.

I'm glad I live in Vancouver.

I'm not sikh, but being an indian hindu and walking around with a beard, America is a very scary place right now. I'm not looking forward to going through immigration tomorrow when I fly home for Christmas.

 

[SystemBug]

yea....i'm going to have to put some of the blame on the kid here

Nope. A lot of brown kids joke about having bombs. It's pretty much a way for us to own the stereotype

 

[Admiral Woofington]

yea....i'm going to have to put some of the blame on the kid here

While yes it's partly on the kid in this situation with no more details, putting myself in his shoes (which I've done before) it's not hard to see why he could've done it:

1. Kids are stupid and don't think of consequences.

2. He was a clown/goofball so probably awkward funny

3. He moved into a new school and went for the self-deprecating humor to try and dissolve any possible tension that might exist and to establish himself as the funny guy.

I've done similar things where I make a joke at my expense/ethnicity to bring down any racial tension that might exist among my closest coworkers/people I want to be friends with. Unfortunately in his case it's a bad political climate and he didn't take into consideration a bully/racist using it against him.