Half the school board thinks Keith deserves a third chance (that’s right, not his first time making inappropriate comments to a child).

They say only he can decide if he wants to step down. They did vote in favor of censuring him. The rest of the school board members that laughed during the comment and touching of a child faced no repercussion. Some even pretended to be offended during the emergency hearing.

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    I’m a dentist and we get summaries of the disciplinary actions taken by our board. A few years ago, there was a male dentist who finally lost his licence for grabbing patients’ and staff’s breasts. The summary read that he had been disciplined for this five times already and they were only just waking up to the fact that he should no longer be licensed to practice.

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      Personally, I’d let my dentist grope me if he had a high enough success rate. I did some research a while ago, and a dentist whose work consistently fails will probably never lose his license. The patient won’t be able to successfully sue them and there probably won’t be an investigation. It’s a “buyer beware” scenario.

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          Aside from the hole in my tooth, I’m fine. I’m speaking as someone who is currently making the transition from a negligent dentist. Since losing a tooth is a cosmetic issue, failing to identify a problem that can be clearly seen on an x-ray for over a year doesn’t meet the standard of harm necessary for consequences. The selective failure of recent filling might have happened regardless.

          …at this point, I’d have been less upset if this dude groped me. I’d let Satan work on me if he was a competent dentist.

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    Yeah, but… think about it. We haven’t seen the girl. What if she was, like, REALLY hot? A complete fucking smoke show. 10/10. One of the ones you might sneak into a dressing room at beauty pageant to see. Or maybe even hop on a private plane to meet on some luxurious island. Or even carry across state lines. I don’t think we should pass judgement on this man until we determine if he was a pedophile, a pedophile, or a pedophile.

    Edit: Also, if reading the first few lines of this post made your stomach twist a little, then you are one of the good ones. Keep it up. The world needs more of you and less of this douche nozzle.

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      Whatever you say, Batman. Are you the one who’s going to deliver the punch?

      Plenty of other countries have more vigilante justice and still have corrupt leaders, so clearly that doesn’t work either. Maybe instead work to make your government better. In a democracy, it represents the will of the people.

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        Because you don’t have the will to throw a punch, you’re just going to project insincerity onto those who do? Weak shit.

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          Because nonsense I know that throwing a punch won’t solve the problem, will gain sympathy for the attacked, and will put me in jail. Smart shit.

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    lol throwing the christian mea culpa just makes it worse… I guess if your president can be a child rapist and traficker, this garbage school board member has nothing to fear

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      Are you making a call for action while sitting behind a keyboard? Are you asking for help with your own “extrajudicial plans”, or are you simply “asking questions”? What’s the point of your comment?

      Fuck pedophiles and all, but what the shit are you doing about it, that you’re just gonna call out into the void with “tough speak”, asking why nobody’s killing people?

      Why are violent-instagations often coming from like day old accounts? It’s like someone wants to stoke radicalization through violent rhetoric

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        Lemmy unironically is worse about moderation in literally every way compared to reddit. Calls to violence, obvious propaganda, and bots are all way more rampant. The only reason I use it at all is because it surfaces news articles I’d otherwise never see.

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          justastranger-- so it seems like your options are to file a lawsuit and get it taken care of, or take your crybaby whining elsewhere. Free speech rules apply here and those are legally gated by incitement tests you can read about and act upon as needed. Its all laid out for you, so go take care of it and let us know how it goes. And thanks for standing up for this poor poor school board member.

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            How cute, a strawman. So which are you?

            e: either a bot or psychotic, their comment history doesn’t make a lick of sense

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              Their comment to you doesn’t even make sense. It’s literally just inciteful nonsense, as if they’re responding to the wrong person… except they specifically mentioned you. What the fuck ever lol

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    Why are you Libtards up in Arms about THIS? Being a Pedophile is as American as Apple Pie!

    -Republicans who show up ARMED to Children’s Hospitals to PROTECT THE CHILDREN TM!

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      Sadly, as much as it’s a joke in this commentary, it is.

      We went from Lawrence King and his ring in the 80’s and early 90’s to Epstein in the 90’s and 00’s, and both were publicly and evidently connected to the highest levels of the US government. King’s ring also had mysterious deaths, including the lead investigator and his son being killed in a plane crash.