i'm sure there is a lot more going on here, otherwise none of this makes any sense whatsoever. a new teacher writes under a pseudonym and finds himself not only stripped of his position, but blocked from setting foot on the school grounds who hired him, and forced into a psychiatric evaluation against his will. and his home and classroom raided for evidence of weapons and/or bombs, and an ongoing police presence at the school.
This is exactly what would happen to anyone else. All this school protection, "for the children" bullshit has gone way too far, and these teachers deserve their fair share and more. Up until now, their position has been that of trustees in the prison-like society they are imposing, with the teachers ratting out parents, students and anyone else to Big Brother. Maybe this will wake them up and get a challenge to this sort of lawless regulation, that will provide a wedge for everyone else to get out from under it.
all for writing a story which is set 900 years into the future involving a school shooting. i always thought sci-fi was about the dystopian future, but the dystopian future has now become the dystopian present. keep in mind the books were published before he was even hired by the school district, and they claim to have done a thorough background check and the whole shebang before hiring him. bonus points for one of the above articles claiming he has "aliases", as though authors who write under different names are somehow criminal agents of subterfuge or something.
And when they take the exact same prejudicial slant on police activity, or circumstances that redound against a black person or other special/protected group you favor, you cite such articles as objective evidence of your position. Live by the editorial slant, die by the editorial slant.
Cannoli
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"Sometimes unhinged, sometimes unfair, always entertaining"
- The Crownless
“Tolerance is the virtue of the man without convictions.” GK Chesteron
Deus Vult!
thoughtcrime is now a real crime, apparently. or -- the criminalization of science fiction writing
- 02/09/2014 07:14:44 PM
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Good
- 05/09/2014 11:33:20 AM
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An update, he was not arrested for writing books but for a mental health concern.
- 09/09/2014 04:23:06 PM
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