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cross-posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/14435582

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

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[–] morphballganon@lemmy.world 54 points 7 months ago

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

[–] kescusay@lemmy.world 48 points 7 months 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 7 months ago (1 children)

citing his ‘lifestyle’

No attempt to even hide it, in this case.

[–] anon6789@lemmy.world 35 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months 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 7 months 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 7 months 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 7 months ago

There's a difference?