Letting the Individual Decide What is Offensive and Scary: Sure Path to Tyranny

This article isn't unique:

Tuesday morning, Jordan was assigned to draw a scary Halloween mask in art class.

By the end of the day, Jordan was being told he could not return to Pooler Elementary School until he passed a psychological evaluation.

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The teacher is afraid the drawing resembles gang symbolism.

First, if fifth graders are joining gangs, the game is already over.

Second, if we allow individuals to gain self-importance by finding things to be offended, worried, upset over and give them the ability to bring on a police/psychologist/media holocaust as a result, they're going to do it.

Like kids pulling fire alarms.

For the attention.

And if many do that, society becomes a drama competition, and rapidly truth is lost.