Well, yay for him, now he gets to be an Oppressed True Believer by getting his ass blacklisted by the district! Which I'm sure will be perversely satisfying to him.
Early: You folks are all insane. Simon: Well, my sister's a ship. We had a complicated childhood.
'Objects In Space'
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JZ - Jan 23, 2018 9:46:25 am PST #21369 of 30002
See? I gave everybody here an opportunity to tell me what a bad person I am and nobody did, because I fuckin' rule.
Steph L. - Jan 23, 2018 9:50:04 am PST #21370 of 30002
this mess was yours / now your mess is mine
now he gets to be an Oppressed True Believer by getting his ass blacklisted by the district! Which I'm sure will be perversely satisfying to him.
No, seriously, they love that shit. It "proves" to them that they're doing THE LORD's will. Because the original followers of Jesus were persecuted, see, so if modern "Christians" are persecuted, it's the same thing!
Man, I have so much rage about this, after so many years. But knowing a creepy freak-ass church member targeted Matilda fills me with white-hot fury.
JZ - Jan 23, 2018 9:57:17 am PST #21371 of 30002
See? I gave everybody here an opportunity to tell me what a bad person I am and nobody did, because I fuckin' rule.
I am so, so glad you got out and away, and I'm sorry the shadow is still there. I'm torn between wanting to say they deserve every ounce of rage you've got and wanting to say they don't deserve another goddamn second of your time.
I'm worried about Matilda taking everything too much to heart. She is terrified of having disappointed us or gotten someone in trouble or gotten a grown-up fired or upset other kids (if he gets sacked, they're going to have to scramble for another soccer coach, but if anyone on the team gives her any grief at all for that I will hurt someone). So there will need to be some reassuring that she did the right thing in bringing the paperwork to us right away, that this is someone who needs to be in trouble and needs to not be teaching
Jessica - Jan 23, 2018 9:58:22 am PST #21372 of 30002
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset
mean, people said that shit to me, back in the day. (Though without using the name "Jacqueline.")
IF JESUS WANTS EVERYONE TO BE NAMED JACQUELINE THEN DAMNIT YOU WILL ANSWER TO THE NAME JACQUELINE!
Connie Neil - Jan 23, 2018 9:58:45 am PST #21373 of 30002
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Oh, yeah, he's going to back to his congregation and be hailed as a martyr and valiant warrior for the Lord after he gets banned from teaching. It's those godless liberal Californians, you know.
Steph L. - Jan 23, 2018 10:02:09 am PST #21374 of 30002
this mess was yours / now your mess is mine
So there will need to be some reassuring that she did the right thing in bringing the paperwork to us right away, that this is someone who needs to be in trouble and needs to not be teaching
I wonder if this is something you could tie into the women's march -- being smart and brave and strong and doing the right thing to make sure that people are safe. (Look, you 2 are fantastic parents, so I don't need to offer ideas. The connection just occurred to me, though.)
Jesse - Jan 23, 2018 10:15:25 am PST #21375 of 30002
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
Also, it's never too soon to start learning, "You did not get him in trouble; he got himself in trouble because of his actions."
DavidS - Jan 23, 2018 10:15:29 am PST #21376 of 30002
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
I wonder if this is something you could tie into the women's march -- being smart and brave and strong and doing the right thing to make sure that people are safe. (Look, you 2 are fantastic parents, so I don't need to offer ideas. The connection just occurred to me, though.)
No, that's really helpful.
DavidS - Jan 23, 2018 10:15:46 am PST #21377 of 30002
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
Also, it's never too soon to start learning, "You did not get him in trouble; he got himself in trouble because of his actions."
That one too!
Maria - Jan 23, 2018 10:25:11 am PST #21378 of 30002
Not so nice is that I'm about to ruin a Friday morning for a bunch of people because of a series of unfortunate events and an upset foreign government. - shrift
This guy is so fucking busted. He used Instagram to lure kids to the ice cream shop for free ice cream and recruit them.
What. The. Fuck. Please keep us updated.
None of this is on Matilda. In fact, she's a superhero who is saving other kids who might have been afraid to say something. She didn't force him to do what he did, but she's helping to make sure he never does it again.