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"God, you're hot" school board member Keith Ervin not removed from school board. (www.youtube.com)

submitted 23 hours ago by UnpopularCrow@lemmy.world to c/nottheonion@lemmy.world

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Half the school board thinks Keith deserves a third chance (that's right, not his first time making inappropriate comments to a child).

They say only he can decide if he wants to step down. They did vote in favor of censuring him. The rest of the school board members that laughed during the comment and touching of a child faced no repercussion. Some even pretended to be offended during the emergency hearing.

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[–] A_Union_of_Kobolds@lemmy.world 3 points 7 hours ago (1 children)

🤣

Erwin TN is a little town off the Appalachian Trail. It's kinda notorious as a sundown town and Klan hotbed. Also they hanged an elephant once.

So, please do 🤣

[–] otter@lemmy.dbzer0.com 3 points 4 hours ago (1 children)

Was that the time they were electrocuting elephants for science & lols? (fucking Edison) 🤮🤬

[–] A_Union_of_Kobolds@lemmy.world 1 points 2 hours ago (1 children)

Nah, it was an escaped circus elephant that had killed someone. They brought in a crane and hanged it.

[–] otter@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 1 hour ago* (last edited 1 hour ago)

TBF, that was the "most humane" way they seemed to be able to think of, back then. Not excusing any of it in the slightest. Just let that sit for a minute, is all.

At that moment in time, a sufficient number of people aware of this standard were ok with said bullshit —despite everything about it screaming no-effort Americana-brand snow-job (or simply couldn't be arsed to GAF, sure).

FWIW: Edison filmed a fucking documentary of Topsy's 1903 electrocution, the absolute psychopath. 😱🤮😭🤮🤬

(CW: animal abuse, murder, etc. Please be aware that it is gut-wrenching, and will likely stick with you. Proceed at your discretion.)