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	cyndra_falin 2012-04-24 08:17 pm UTC (link)
	I ask the same question. Why the hell wasn't that teacher fired?? Ugh. (Reply to this)(Thread)

mmanurere
2012-04-24 09:58 pm UTC (link)

Attacking acceptable targets is usually defended by the administration. This is true whether the target is "acceptable" due to autism, other personal variations or idiosyncrasy, divergence from the politically- or religiously-dictated standards of "acceptable existence" supported by a plurality of administrators, etc. There will only be accountability when there's public objection to bad behavior.

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	full_metal_ox 2012-04-24 10:16 pm UTC (link)
	And bonus points if the target's testimony, owing to perceived mental incompetence, will automatically be dismissed as unreliable. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	issendai 2012-04-25 10:01 pm UTC (link)
	If you dismiss enough people as unreliable, eventually you have a big enough sample pool to prove that anyone who has a complaint is, by definition, unreliable. Even if they wire their kid and play back the audio for you. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

full_metal_ox
2012-04-26 09:35 pm UTC (link)

And that's part of the reason that the being-wrongly-committed-to-a-mental-institution scenario is such a popular horror and mystery movie trope: the (presumably sane) protagonist's claims of abuse will be dismissed as ipso facto crazy.

(And it would be nice if that sort of narrative could more often be arsed to show some concern for the actual mental patients presumably subject to the same abuse.)

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issendai
2012-04-25 09:56 pm UTC (link)

The same reasons pedophile priests were moved on to new parishes, right down to the overidentification with the institution. After all, which is more important: a bunch of nameless, faceless, ever-changing congregants/students/hospital patients/civilians, or an official who's just like you, working hard to uphold the authority of the institution?

...I would so homeschool if I had children. And possibly move to the wilds of Oregon and secede from the human race.

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	kumquat_of_doom 2012-04-24 09:35 pm UTC (link)
	...Oh, for fuck's sake, people. (Reply to this)

	sadisticferret 2012-04-25 02:30 am UTC (link)
	Ugh, that just makes me ill. I hope those abusive assholes all get mauled by wild hamsters. (Reply to this)

	taktuk 2012-04-25 02:52 am UTC (link)
	You might want to consider linking the petition. Surely signing it does not count as trolling the wank. (Reply to this)

	brennalarose 2012-04-25 02:25 pm UTC (link)
	This makes me physically ill, and makes me even more determined to homeschool. (Reply to this)

	issendai 2012-04-25 10:06 pm UTC (link)
	The situation is disgusting, but that dad? Is awesome. He's a one-man demonstration of How It's Done. (Reply to this)

footsie
2012-04-26 02:10 pm UTC (link)

"This final clip happened right at the end of the day. They discussed not wanting to become pregnant and how their husbands want them to be sterilized, while they want their husbands to be sterilized."

After he nailed down such a strong case, he finished with that?

If I didn't mind risking several hours of time-wasting, I'd link to the TVTropes page for "Arson, Murder, and Jaywalking."

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	goddessleila 2012-04-26 09:04 pm UTC (link)
	One one hand, I see your point... but on the other hand, how is that not an incredibly appropriate thing for a teacher to discuss in the classroom? In any classroom? I'd be pretty freaked out if a high school student in a regular class had teachers discussing that kind of thing openly in front of them, much less in this kind of situation. (Reply to this)(Parent)

	full_metal_ox 2012-04-26 09:29 pm UTC (link)
	Although, in light of their unforgettable approach to child care, I enthusiastically second the desire for those teachers to avoid reproducing. (Reply to this)(Parent)