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uniforms = fascism
There's wank in the Fark pool again.

The following article gets posted with a "Hero" tag:

Following the school district's implementation of a uniform policy, parents complained that they can't afford uniforms, principal fights back sending an email saying that they should think about their child's education [Article]

Comments start off agreeing with the principal (who is actually a board member), but TheCid is not amused.

TheCid | 2008-04-26 10:08:07 PM
What I want to know is, since when does the government have the power to tell people (regardless of age) what to wear?

How is this not a ridiculous overstepping of their constitutional bounds? How can anyone support this blatant authoritarianism??

the shaman takes a real shining to our boy, and the love affair begins:

TheCid | 2008-04-26 10:25:11 PM
Good to identify yet another person who's part of the problem with this nation. Farking authoritarian followers.

the shaman | 2008-04-26 10:27:48 PM
I've got you farkied as "stupid, paranoid, atheist asshole"

You are the problem.

...And ends:

TheCid | 2008-04-26 10:40:04 PM
You're a lunatic who believes in shamanism and supports tearing down the wall of separation between church and state. You're an deluded fool with no grip on reality.
The fact that you support the authoritarians here in no way surprises me.

Welcome to my ignore list, farktard.

real shaman | 2008-04-26 10:58:46 PM
woooooo!!!! I'm on a dumbass's ignore list.

The rest of the 561 comments (and counting!) result in a dog piling of TheCid, whose ignore list seems to be a desirable goal:

Arthur Jumbles | 2008-04-26 10:58:12 PM
Could you please put me on your ignore list too? Please. I'd put you on mine except I'm not afraid to listen to points of view that differ from my own and as such don't use one.

Some Bass Playing Guy | 2008-04-26 10:59:06 PM
One look at TheCid's picture in his profile tells me all I need to know about him. You know that one person in your circle of friends that nobody likes, but nobody can quite tell that person? That's TheCid. [Profile]

real shaman | 2008-04-26 11:02:03 PM
He looks like the punks whose lunch money ended up in my pocket.

jmmsmile | 2008-04-26 11:17:14 PM
Oooh oooooh! I wanna be on TheCid's ignore list! Pleeeease!!!

You little popcorn fart.

Communism is called:

KoalaFace | 2008-04-26 11:15:58 PM
you seem to be awfully overbearing about your precious crotch dropplings 'freedoms.' Face the facts- this world/country/state/education system is not about YOU. It is about what is the best for the WHOLE. What is best for the whole appears to be school uniforms, for the reasons previously stated.

Don't you think that if EVERYONE in this thread is disagreeing with you quite adimately, that maybe, just maybe, you could be wrong?

TheCid | 2008-04-26 11:18:36 PM
You posting on fark is not the best for the whole. Get back to work, comrade. This country is supposed to be about individual freedom.

Not that many people actually give a shiat about freedom anymore.

real shaman | 2008-04-26 11:24:33 PM
You know who else made lame jokes about communism?

farc | 2008-04-26 11:25:29 PM
godwinned!!!!! ftw

Some real shaman highlights as he enjoys his place on the ignore list:

real shaman | 2008-04-26 11:19:05 PM
neener neener neener neener neener neener
/boy can I be juvenile sometimes.

real shaman | 2008-04-26 11:31:01 PM
I remember now where I argued with thecid before....

He was in total agreement with the requirement of mandatory service for high school students.

It was totally ok then for government officials to tell your kids what to do.

One last funny before it turns into a bullying discussion and repeats from those late to the party:

KoalaFace | 2008-04-26 11:48:25 PM
[TheCid: What happened to your mother was wrong. The school had no business ordering her to change her hairstyle, and the fact that you still support this uniform bullshiat even though you know that story just confirms my suspicions- you are an idiot.

What good is health without freedom?]

you're a grad student, aren't you?

Also, bonus John Stuart Mill discussion starting at 2008-04-26 11:59:50 PM

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smashingstars
2008-04-27 10:27 pm UTC (link)

From the actual article:

A little more than a week ago, the Osceola County School District decided to implement school uniforms. Since then, he says parents have complained saying they can’t afford the new clothing. He disagreed with parents and fired off an email to them saying:

"Everyone can afford Wal-Mart and if they cant they need to think about turning of their cable TV or stop buying alcohol or cigarettes and spend their money on their children."

Oof. I don't find that attitude "heroic", personally.

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	frequentmouse 2008-04-27 11:47 pm UTC (link)
	"Rude" I think the word is. Middle class privilege, front and center. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	blackjackrocket 2008-04-28 12:32 pm UTC (link)
	Middle class my ass, that looks like upper class privilege. There's a lot of middle class people who do all that and aren't ashamed of what the neighbors might think. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	frequentmouse 2008-04-28 06:16 pm UTC (link)
	Way to miss the point, there! (Reply to this)(Parent)

	vzg 2008-04-28 03:04 am UTC (link)
	...There are so many more tactful ways to imply that they could afford it (even though, you know, sometimes they can't), and that... that's just... How can a person like that get into any kind of administrative position? Shouldn't some ability to not offend parents be a requirement for any position in a school district? (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

queencallipygos
2008-04-28 05:02 am UTC (link)

Shouldn't some ability to not offend parents be a requirement for any position in a school district?

Oh, man -- we had a guy in the school board in my hometown that couldn't even get through a meeting without offending the other school board members. He once kept insisting that the superintendant was sitting too close to a member he thought was "too liberal" and was being "unfairly influenced" -- and actually brought two weeks' worth of meetings to a total screetching halt becuase of this seating arrangements issue.

My father is a very laid-back, live-and-let-live, don't-judge-him-until-you've-walked-a-mile-in-his-shoes fellow. This school board member is the only man I have ever heard my father describe as "crazy."

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rachel_pi
2008-05-02 10:42 am UTC (link)

Shouldn't some ability to not offend parents be a requirement for any position in a school district?

You would think that, wouldn't you?

That should be up there as a requirement, along with 'sanity', 'tact', and 'a desire to see the school district improve, rather than just constant bitching about how horrible everything is', but my high school's school board does its best to disprove that idea.

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major_dallas
2008-04-28 06:06 am UTC (link)

Rude and tactless? Sure. Heroic? Not really. Wrong in the idea though? Seriously, I understand what the guy is saying, that your kids education should come before TV, Beer and Cigarettes, etc. I can't blame him for wanting the parents to get their priorities straight, it'd be a good example for their kids, but it could have been said better, or more diplomatically...

Then again, sometimes people need a slap in the face to wake up, you know...

*gets off soapbox*

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	smashingstars 2008-04-28 06:27 am UTC (link)
	Sometimes people are poor because they don't have money, not because they spent it all on beer, you know. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	frequentmouse 2008-04-28 06:15 pm UTC (link)
	And middle-class privilege is not admitting that distinction exists. And is in no way heroic. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	tachikoma01 2008-04-28 11:06 pm UTC (link)
	Yes, but it's easier for middle-class (conservatives) to imagine that people are poor because they're spending all their money on booze and cigarettes while popping out welfare children than it is to admit there's something wrong with the system. (Reply to this)(Parent)

	puipui 2008-04-29 12:37 am UTC (link)
	Wow, you're a classist fucktard, aren't you? Go you! (Reply to this)(Parent)

	blackjackrocket 2008-04-28 12:33 pm UTC (link)
	And how about people who have, you know, principles and don't shop at Wal-Mart no matter how cheap it is? (Reply to this)(Parent)

	agent_hyatt 2008-04-28 06:28 pm UTC (link)
	Nothing says "think of the children" like skimping on rent and food to buy school uniforms. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	tofuknight 2008-04-28 07:50 pm UTC (link)
	Who needs to eat, anyway? Let them eat cake! (Reply to this)(Parent)

	schmoo999 2008-04-29 03:24 am UTC (link)
	Holy Crap. Why to be sensitive to the parents' issues. eyeroll And his advice not really helpful there. Oy. (Reply to this)(Parent)

	jerel 2008-05-01 02:21 am UTC (link)
	Oh, Mr. School Board definitely put his foot in. I don't think anyone would disagree with that. (Reply to this)(Parent)

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