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Teacher suspended for playing song about being gay

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I think this is a prime example of political correctness gone wrong. Much like if a teacher played a song about being a Christian, and some kid got offended, the teacher would also be suspended.

There comes a time when the sillyness has to stop from all sides and just accept that you will NEVER be 100% not offended by something.
 
Here are the song lyrics:


I really don't see why the teacher should have been suspended for this. The song's message is amazing. Perhaps there should have been more consideration of why the offended kid was offended...seems that's where the real problem lies.
 
Conservative correctness - RationalWiki

 

You know - I had to read the lyrics:
MACKLEMORE - SAME LOVE LYRICS

And then I thought to my Theater and Dance class last semester - almost EVERYTHING we learned about regarding modern theater and music had to do with homosexuality. . . it comes up when you're in that subject.

Now - thinking back to this - they're in the 8th grade.

1) Is there a rule or guideline that explicitly states the content of music should be considered?
2) Is there a rule or guideline that explicitly states that the content of music should be heard ahead of time before okaying to listen to?


I think the teacher in the OP shouldn't be suspended - but instead they should consider defining what is ok to play in school and what isn't. They push violence - etc - so she asked about that. if she asked 'what is it about?" and he said 'homosexuality' what would she have done?

Honestly - I was shocked when my kids said they were listening the LMFAO's 'Sexy and I Know It" song in class. . . but the lyrics of the aforementioned song aren't about sex. . . so apparently it's all in response to the complaint from the student. . . which is a school-by-school issue.
 

I see the point. I understand that there may be a rule in place about certain things, but if the song had been about how he loves his girlfriend, there would be no issue.
 

This, ridiculous to get offended by this song.
 

This is the perfect example of people being offended over things that really don't matter...
So a song had something to do with gays, why does that effect someone? People need to stop being so butthurt, and accept that there are gays in the world and that they're just as natural as anyone else.
 

In fairness, that should also go for songs about being Christian. However, the elementary school near our house is not allowed to play any songs dealing with religion because it may "offend" someone.

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Says student played music on class. Now the student can't play music on class but should pay attention to the lectures. Was this an assignment?
 
Mere paranoia from the political/religious/dogma bigots who have too much time on their hands.
 
TheNextEra said:
In fairness, that should also go for songs about being Christian. However, the elementary school near our house is not allowed to play any songs dealing with religion because it may "offend" someone.

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I agree whole-heartedly, but I don't think that there should be a ban on any sort of media in schools unless it's actually explicit in some way. People just need to learn to be more accepting than condemning.
 
LoopyPaladin said:
I agree whole-heartedly, but I don't think that there should be a ban on any sort of media in schools unless it's actually explicit in some way. People just need to learn to be more accepting than condemning.
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I'd agree with that.
 
Einzige said:
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"Conservative correctness" imo comes as a result of the expunging of school prayer and bible study groups. Free speech for thee, but not for me? The line was drawn too broadly on religious expression in schools, but some seem to think that no line ought to be drawn at all when it comes to the subject of sex and sexual orientation and young children. These were eighth graders, not seniors.
 

Conservatives have been pushing their own version of political correctness for decades before the Supreme Court secularized the school system. Again: "Liberty Cabbage" is at the top of the page.
 
Einzige said:
Conservatives have been pushing their own version of political correctness for decades before the Supreme Court secularized the school system. Again: "Liberty Cabbage" is at the top of the page.
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So you agree that pushing a sanitized version of reality, from either side, is pointless and people should allow others to freely express themselves?

ADDED: BTW I believe...in homicide, too. That's the truth of it.
 
ChuckBerry said:
So you agree that pushing a sanitized version of reality, from either side, is pointless and people should allow others to freely express themselves?
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Yes. And I see "political correctness" coming primarily from conservatives these days, particularly with their Christian whitewashing of American foundational history and Catholicism in America pre-1960.

But feel free to nail yourself to that cross if it assuages your persecution complex.
 

Don't be a jerk, dude. You can't pray or have a bible study group in any public school in the U.S. and that is flat out not fair. I would hope you could have a fair and friendly discussion of the issue unlike most internet gadflies who live to troll.
 

Frankly, I don't like Catholics. Neither did most of America's Founders, except maybe the Maryland delegation, or its WASP establishment until the 1950s. They were right.
 

I think 8th graders can deal with the fact that some people are gay. My son's in 4th grade and he gets it.

I agree that the line on religious expression has been drawn too broadly. While I don't like the idea of mandatory prayers to Jesus, I think a moment to allow private prayer to the student's god of choice is fine. I also have no real problem with having a Bible Study club as long as it's voluntary.
 

Since you brought the issue up: Do you have religious courses anywhere in US in schools that is?

This is an important question for people sometimes ask me.
 
DDD said:
Since you brought the issue up: Do you have religious courses anywhere in US?

This is an important question for people sometimes ask me.
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It very strongly correlates to physical location in the country. Most of the time, no, but biology classes in much of the South have become de facto religious classes in the past ten to fifteen years. In fact, the public school system in the southern fourth of the country is becoming increasingly indistinguishable from parochial schools, save the emphasis tends to be on evangelical Protestantism.
 
I personally see nothing wrong with the lyrics, as it's nothing explicit or obsene.

But then again, the school may have rules about this. I would have to look into it.
 
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