> @Byronic said: > > @FrancisUrquhart said: > > Talking of harassment.... > > > > A head teacher at a primary school giving lessons on LGBT equality has received threatening emails and phone calls.... > > > > Shakeel Afsar is the leader of the Anderton Park protests, although he has no children at the school. He said 600 pupils were kept from school on Monday "to make it crystal clear we will not have our children indoctrinated or participating in any social engineering programmes which undermine our family values by promoting child sexualisation". > > > > https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-birmingham-48339080<; > > ++++++ > > The situation is actually a lot worse than the BBC report implies. > > Check this thread. > > https://twitter.com/Amina_Lone/status/1130220180108455936
Why isn't anyone doing anything?
Well that's easy enough to answer.
- Our Education Secretary and Equalities Minister (do we even have one anymore?) have said diddly squat. - The teachers and the schools have been left unsupported. - Those in charge have been afraid of bullies because these particular bullies are Muslim (now joined by some of the dimmer Christian sects and Orthodox Jews) and taking on Muslim bullies is fraught with danger: accusations of Islamophobia at best and quite a lot worse at worst. - Those in charge talk about values but do not understand them or fight for them or protect them. - They think (wrongly) that they are obliged to respect that which is not worthy of respect. - They tell themselves one of the biggest lies around: that we are all basically the same and believe the same things, when this is not so. You are either for LGBQT rights or not; you either believe that they are equal or you do not and you cannot just wish those differences away by wittering about "tolerance" and "diversity" and all the other banal Kumbaya nonsense that passes for too much public debate on difficult topics these days. - They are frightened into thinking that criticising Islam is Islamophobic and must not be done. - They do not fundamentally care about the children who are being deprived of education and help and advice. These are Muslim children you see and somehow not worthy of being taught the same as all British children and being expected to abide by the standards of everyone else. The racism of low expectations.
The most interesting thought is that the Lib Dems always do better in the following general Election. But never from such a high point Turnout was low when no Locals. So i may just be around 30%
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> > @FrancisUrquhart said:
> > Talking of harassment....
> >
> > A head teacher at a primary school giving lessons on LGBT equality has received threatening emails and phone calls....
> >
> > Shakeel Afsar is the leader of the Anderton Park protests, although he has no children at the school. He said 600 pupils were kept from school on Monday "to make it crystal clear we will not have our children indoctrinated or participating in any social engineering programmes which undermine our family values by promoting child sexualisation".
> >
> > https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-birmingham-48339080<;
>
> ++++++
>
> The situation is actually a lot worse than the BBC report implies.
>
> Check this thread.
>
> https://twitter.com/Amina_Lone/status/1130220180108455936
Why isn't anyone doing anything?
Well that's easy enough to answer.
- Our Education Secretary and Equalities Minister (do we even have one anymore?) have said diddly squat.
- The teachers and the schools have been left unsupported.
- Those in charge have been afraid of bullies because these particular bullies are Muslim (now joined by some of the dimmer Christian sects and Orthodox Jews) and taking on Muslim bullies is fraught with danger: accusations of Islamophobia at best and quite a lot worse at worst.
- Those in charge talk about values but do not understand them or fight for them or protect them.
- They think (wrongly) that they are obliged to respect that which is not worthy of respect.
- They tell themselves one of the biggest lies around: that we are all basically the same and believe the same things, when this is not so. You are either for LGBQT rights or not; you either believe that they are equal or you do not and you cannot just wish those differences away by wittering about "tolerance" and "diversity" and all the other banal Kumbaya nonsense that passes for too much public debate on difficult topics these days.
- They are frightened into thinking that criticising Islam is Islamophobic and must not be done.
- They do not fundamentally care about the children who are being deprived of education and help and advice. These are Muslim children you see and somehow not worthy of being taught the same as all British children and being expected to abide by the standards of everyone else. The racism of low expectations.
Oh, Christ! It is all too depressing. This is what makes me genuinely angry, not rubbish about milkshakes and men telling women what to do with their breasts. I could go on. I have done. See here. http://www2.politicalbetting.com/index.php/archives/2019/03/21/rendering-unto-caesar/
Turnout was low when no Locals. So i may just be around 30%