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Pennsylvania school board cancels gay '30 Rock' actor's anti-bullying talk, citing his 'lifestyle'

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[–] morphballganon@lemmy.world 54 points 1 year ago

Sounds like Pennsylvania has a bullies-on-school-boards problem.

[–] kescusay@lemmy.world 48 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Huh. I wonder what they have against being anti-bullying? It can't possibly be because of some other facet of his identity that cannot be changed, right? I mean, if it were, that would probably be a violation of his rights and he might have grounds to sue.

[–] ivanafterall@kbin.social 39 points 1 year ago (1 children)

citing his ‘lifestyle’

No attempt to even hide it, in this case.

[–] anon6789@lemmy.world 35 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Ehhemmm...I believe she specifically said it was his choice of lifestyle. She made her stance very clear. 😮‍💨

“It’s not discriminating against his lifestyle — that’s his choice,” Potteiger said in the meeting. “But it’s him speaking about it.”

I'm just glad this wasn't one of my local schools this time. We at least ran them out of the school boards here. This is off in the Pennsyltucky part of the state.

[–] Skullgrid@lemmy.world 30 points 1 year ago

this is cancel culture run amok, can't be anything these days without conservatives stamping all over your freedom.

[–] homesweethomeMrL@lemmy.world 21 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Is that some moms-for-liberty school board, or, just like a regular cloven-hooved mouth-breather school board

[–] NegativeInf@lemmy.world 9 points 1 year ago

There's a difference?