So far responses from Fargo Public Schools regarding how it will handle or respond to a walkout on March 14 have been vague, in my judgement. This morning I wrote the following email to Superintendent Jeff Schatz, and a similar email to Fargo South High Principal Todd Bertsch. I’ve also Read more…
Unofficial word from Fargo South High School is that any student who, when participating in the National School Walkout on March 14, holds up signs expressing opinions about gun violence in schools, chants slogans or does anything else that draws attention, will be suspended.
Further, they will not be allowed to walk out at 10 a.m. in conjunction with students across the rest of the nation, but will have to wait until 1 p.m. due to an all-school event scheduled for that morning.
Here are the emails I’ve received, with senders’ names removed, in response to my blog post, “Let’s Add One Word to the NRA Talking Point,” which also ran as an op-ed on inforum.com on February 20 and in The Forum printed edition on February 21. I’ll be adding to this if/when more emails come in.
I respond to each in pretty much the same way:
My Facebook friend, Steven G. Johnk, a.k.a Spider, created this graphic. It’s right in line with what many of the survivors of the Parkland, Fla., school shooting are saying.
Here are the comments of three Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School students to CNN:
The National Rifle Association’s key talking point rolled out as predictably as the sad reality that another mass shooting will happen soon in a U.S. school.
“This is not the time to discuss gun control.”
Let’s add just one word to the key talking point: This is not the ONLY time to discuss gun control.
In fact, it’s EXACTLY the time.
This will likely become a debate about personal freedom.
On July 17, the Fargo City Commission voted 4-1 to study changing Fargo’s ordinance against detonating fireworks within city limits.
“People are doing it, anyway,” goes one argument for allowing fireworks within city boundaries. “People in West Fargo can do it,” runs another. “I should be able to do what I want on my own property,” goes a third.
The only place real value can be found is in staying true to yourself.
Chance cared for a garden, physical & metaphorical. Trump is destroying it.