Journal of Other Forum Analysis (Volume II, Issue 2)

[benji]

Members only so log into the riotous account
https://www.resetera.com/threads/vent-ive-been-asked-to-resign-my-teaching-position-over-a-bullying-talk.1305621/

I'm still in complete shock right now, I don't really have a lot of friends, and my therapist is busy, so I need to get this out there to someone...

I teach (taught) at a fairly upper middle class suburban middle school in Kansas. This was my second year at this school, and I really liked the administration and the people I worked with. It was honestly the best teaching experience -- at least dealing with adults -- that I've had in eight years of teaching. Moving here from Oklahoma was such a breath of fresh air for me. While I was a high school teacher before, the transition to middle school was a bit rough, but I found my footing last year and was doing well. But I admit, I always had better tact with the high schoolers, and it took me a while to figure out how to...change how I approach certain subjects between the two age levels. But again, I found my footing.

This year, however, the students have been extremely tough to deal with. Anyone in education right now can probably guess why -- attitudes, lack of effort or care, straight disrespect and defiance, etc. And they've been absolutely HORRIBLE to each other. I've ALWAYS prided myself on being anti-bullying and staunchly, at that. I do not tolerate it for reasons I'll get into in a minute. I told my kids Day One I won't tolerate harassment and bullying because I have several students on my roster who have various physical or developmental issues. And I told my students they can always come to me and talk to me if they have problems or need someone to listen to them. I've always wanted to be a champion for students who are overlooked. The athletes have their champions. The smart kids have their champions. The popular kids have their champions. I'm always the champion of the kids who are overlooked, picked on, who don't fit in or don't want to fit in. And I've been VERY successful at it. I've forged relationships with students over the years that last until today. I've been to two weddings of former students, photographed another of another student, and am in contact with many since graduation.

About three weeks ago, a young girl who was born without a hand on one arm, came to me and told me she wanted to commit suicide because her classmates were so mean to her and wouldn't leave her alone about her hand. Another student a few days later came up to me and told me that another student had threatened her sexually. In my classroom, I've heard multiple students saying horrible things to each other. Each time, I would address it through our school's disciplinary policy, but it wasn't stopping it. Sure, they get a slap on the wrist punishment, maybe a day of ISS, and then they're back in the classroom doing the same damn shit again. And when you call them out on it, it's always, "What? I was just playing" or "What? They're just words" or some derivative. It was the same shit I heard from my bullies when I was in school. And when I would complain to my teachers, I was often told, "sticks and stones can break your bones, but words will never hurt you."

The 2x4 that broke the camel's back happened on a Wednesday when a student raised his hand to answer a question during class discussion and gave an absolutely amazing, insightful answer. But he stuttered. He has a medical stutter and he struggled for a few seconds to get his words together before he finished his statement. No big deal. Except a football player in the room shouts out loudly, "Bu...Bu...Bu...get it out already!" The kid was almost in tears. Again, I handled it through the school's disciplinary system, which involves signing a "conduct card" that does nothing except show them they're being bad. If they get enough signatures, they get lunch detention. Like that's going to deter a football player from being an ass in class and getting a laugh out of his classmates for it. My blood was boiling.

I talked it over with my teaching team and I decided I was going to sit down with each of my classes and share my story of how I was bullied in school. From third grade through 11th grade, I was severely bullied over how I talked because I moved to a different region of the country, over my weight, over the fact that my mom died in childbirth, over the fact that I didn't know my biological father, over how I was poor, etc. It was absolutely relentless. And the teachers did nothing. This was the 90s, so bullying was still seen as a rite of passage for kids to go through. I even had teachers tell me that. Being bullied builds character. It built character, alright.

I started therapy this past year and have been diagnosed with severe forms of depression and anxiety, severe childhood trauma resulting in a diagnosis of Dissociative Identity Disorder, and autism. My undiagnosed autism along with my undiagnosed ADHD (my grandfather didn't believe in mental health) was probably a big part of why I was bullied. I truly cannot remember the vast majority of my childhood and young adult years. My memories of my life up until 24ish are patchy, at best. My therapist told me it's because I've blocked so much of it out. And I manifest multiple personalities as a result. My wife has even seen it in me, she just never knew what was happening until my therapist diagnosed me.

The bullying got so bad in school that in 10th grade, I started snapping. I violently attacked two of my bullies in direct retaliation to physical assaults on me. One tried to do an illegal wrestling move on me during gym one day in an effort to severely hurt my already damaged ankle. I ended up banging his head into the gym floor multiple times while the gym coach -- a Vietnam veteran -- looked on and said nothing. A few months later, on the school bus, a bully kicked me in the back of the head and knocked my brand new hat into the red clay mud, ruining it. I jumped up on the bus, slammed his head into the window and threw him into the floorboard of the bus and and choked him out until I was physically thrown off the bus. At one point, I had a list of about 10 students I wanted to take out. And I knew where to get the guns. But I knew it was wrong, and so I told my grandfather, and we moved at the end of my junior year. I graduated high school in a different state and that was the end of the bullying. But it still stuck with me, and still does, as a nearly 40 year-old man now.

I've attempted suicide twice in my life -- once by taking a knife to my wrist and arm and another when I tried to hang myself -- both due to bullying and the trauma. I even have a tattoo of the house sigil of House Martel with the words, "Unbowed, Unbent, Unbroken" to cover the scar on my arm as a reminder of how far I've come. I shared that with my students earlier in the year when they asked about my tattoos. I reminded them of that story when I shared my bullying experiences.

I concluded each class talk with a plea to them: it's perfectly fine not to like someone, or to be annoyed by someone, but there's no need to react to everything they say or do, or to have a comment. Just move on with your life and your day and ignore them. Respect each student in your class enough to just let them live their lives without interference from you. I shared this story with my students, telling them each and every step of the way, I was wrong to react violently, I was wrong to have these violent thoughts, I feel horrible about what I did -- even today. I still carry that guilt around with me today. But I've used that pain as a way to connect with disenfranchised students over the years. I've shared this story in every district I've worked in. I've never had any blowback...until now.

The talk played out on Sept. 11. I had to take a half-day of school on Friday because I wasn't feeling well. I came back last Monday and my principal came to speak with me about it. He said some students were made uncomfortable by the talk, a few parents reached out to him to inquire why I was having such a talk and sharing my suicide attempts or concerned I was going to shoot up the school. He understood the context and just told me that he appreciated what I was doing, but that I was an ELA teacher first and foremost and he wanted to ensure that this type of talk didn't interfere with that. That was the end of the discussion and it was dropped.

Tuesday, the students were behaving horribly and I ended up having to discipline about 10 students for behaviors and attitudes. All of a sudden, Wednesday, I get a call from HR telling me I'm indefinitely suspended pending an investigation that will lead to my termination if the things I had said in the classroom were true. My principal had no idea that had happened. No one from HR contacted him about it. He was blindsided as much as I was. I wasn't even allowed to get any of my personal stuff, including about $3,000 in personal camera equipment I was using as yearbook sponsor. Parents -- either in retaliation or due to not being satisfied with my principal -- went directly to the school board, demanding I be fired.

So I typed up a formal letter, explaining exactly everything I said, the context of why I said it, what prompted the discussion, and the positive impact that it's had on so many students. I've had literally dozens of students reach out to me via e-mail or in person to thank me for sharing my story because it made them feel seen and understood. A severely autistic girl in my class gave me a hug and said I was the first teacher who understood what she deals with every single day. The girl with the missing hand wrote me a letter thanking me as the only teacher who's ever spoken up and defended her. I made a difference in the lives of those kids in that moment. And since I've been on suspension, I've had many more e-mails asking where I'm at and concerned I'm not coming back.

I had a formal interview with my principal yesterday morning and discussed the same things and he felt I did nothing wrong. He even told me he thought it would blow over once he had a chance to tell the board what happened. But, it didn't.

I received a call first thing this morning. The board "discussed" the situation yesterday and recommended I be fired because it was inappropriate to talk about those things in the classroom. It was "too intense" and made some students "feel uncomfortable." They're terminating me under what HR even admitted was a very "broad interpretation" of a clause that states that a teacher can be reprimanded for "immoral conduct that damages the teacher-student relationship in the classroom." It was such a broad interpretation that HR admitted to me they had to bring in their lawyers to review my contract language and the parent/student statements to make sure it'd stick. Notice, they did not review my statement in this -- only the parents. The same HR person told me on the phone this morning that there was truly nothing I could have said or done or any context I could have given to save my job because the statements were so severe, that discussing cutting my body and covering them with tattoos and shooting up a school was too much for students. But I didn't fucking say that, as you could read in my statement and my interview with my principal. And I wouldn't be able to talk to any board members about it, their decision had been made.

My contract gives me the right to request an arbitration hearing, where I can argue my case, but HR straight up threatened me, saying if I were to do that, they would rescind the offer to resign "with dignity" and that they would enforce a $20,000 contract liquidation fee if the arbitrator still found I could be terminated. And that if I were to go through with that, there's a "good chance I will never teach in Kansas again."

It truly feels that I've been straight up targeted. One of my students e-mailed me Monday asking if I was OK because they had heard other students in the bathroom bragging that they got me fired. And it's somewhat ironic because I made a statement on Facebook after the Charlie Kirk shooting and it was screenshotted by someone and shared with a place I haven't worked at in eight years, demanding I be fired from there. But when you search me online, that's the only place that was associated with my name. There's nothing that connects me even to the district here, unless you knew specifically where I worked. So I deactivated my Facebook profile literally that night, admittedly freaking out a little bit that something might get back to my school in an attempt to get me fired. And then this comes up.

I just feel like I've seen kids in need of help and they weren't receiving it, so I spoke up to at least hopefully generate some empathy in students and to show them there are consequences to their actions and words that can be felt for years after the fact. I think it's ironic as fuck that students who were "made to feel uncomfortable" by my talk are some of the very students making others feel uncomfortable every day in the classroom. I never threatened anyone, I never advocated for violence. If anything, I specifically said my violent actions were wrong and it should have never reached that point, and that's why I'm having this conversation with them. But students, either because they just chose to listen to what they wanted to hear, or intentionally misconstrued my statements, tell parents that I want to shoot up the school and I cut myself and cover them with tattoos, and that just freaks everyone out.

It makes me want to give up. I'm diabetic and I'm on multiple medications for my mental health. I'm losing my insurance and access to my meds. I'm scared for my wife, more than anything. I don't know what to do. I want to fight this, but I feel like the arbitration hearing will be as one-sided as this "investigation" was, and then I'd have to pay $20,000. I'm just supposed to shut up, sign an NDA, resign quietly, and let the whole community talk like I'm a psychopathic school shooter.

Sorry for the long rant, I just needed to get that out there.

Agreed Def talk to a lawyer. I'd also recommend removing any identifying information from your post. State you live, where you moved from, location, as much of that as possible.

I moved it over to Members-Only before making my post, so nobody can see it outside of those of us with accounts on the site. So there's no need to worry about that.

Good thing the fucking moron didn't post the same damn thing on a far bigger website under the same username:
https://www.reddit.com/r/Teachers/comments/1noozjp/asked_to_resign_need_advice/

BlueHorse84
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You talked about getting guns? Oh damn. That was not wise.

You don't say what state you're in or whether or not you have a union. In any case you should seek advice from a lawyer who has experience in education. You probably won't keep your job, but you can get specific advice on how to get another position.

ETA I've never heard of a contract liquidation fee and I've never heard of one district controlling whether or not another district hires you. That's where you need legal advice.

curvycounselor
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11h ago
That’s a lot of personal sharing for a classroom. A lot of students don’t understand nuance and can distort messages. I share very little and that works for me.
I’m sorry for the blowback but go ahead and resign and try again in another district. You really can’t go back once they ask for a divorce.

FormSuccessful1122
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11h ago
There's a lot at play here. How long were you with the district? Are you part of a union? Were you tenured? I can't lie. This shows extremely poor judgement. It might be fightable based on union and tenure status, but I wouldn't want to fight to stay somewhere that I wasn't wanted. I would just keep applying and not mention being asked to resign unless you're directly asked. And obviously you can't use this district as a reference.

Muted-Lynx-8745
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10h ago
I agree with the advice here. I am a retired teacher, school administrator with 25 years experience from Maryland. I was a union member during my entire career. I would first talk with your Union representatives. Also, their attorney. Part of their benefits is legal advice and representation if something like this happens, even if you are in the wrong. I pray that you are a Union member! If not, seek out an attorney for a consultation at least. I agree that it’s advisable to leave if you are not wanted. In my experience, it never went well for employees when they fought back. Good luck!

Sugar_Weasel_
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That was very foolish. Take the opportunity to resign before this destroys your career. It already may have. You may have put the idea of committing a shooting into kids’ heads. Never do this again. This was not an appropriate speech for the age bracket you teach.

Snoo58504
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Your union should be involved. Why aren’t they representing you?

This was my second year at this school, and I really liked the administration and the people I worked with. It was honestly the best teaching experience -- at least dealing with adults -- that I've had in eight years of teaching. Moving here from Oklahoma was such a breath of fresh air for me.

This you?

A former Okmulgee High School student has filed a lawsuit against the school, the district, and two former teachers, alleging that after falling asleep in a classroom, she was awakened to find the pair having sex just feet away from her.

“She was in there while two teachers were having sex on the teacher's desk," said the student's attorney, Don Smolen.

The lawsuit states that two years ago, the student was in Denise Bowen's family and consumer science class, and since it was near the end of the school year, students were allowed to move around between classrooms.

“The teacher just kind of let the students do whatever they wanted, and she just happened to lay on the floor and fall asleep," Smolen said.'

According to the lawsuit, the student claims she was woken up by Bowen and the middle school basketball coach, Jason Fox, as their encounter turned increasingly sexual and the two began having what appeared to be sexual intercourse.

Smolen told NewsChannel 8 that the alleged incident was brought to the school's attention and an investigation was launched by Okmulgee Public Schools.

However, the lawsuit says both employees resigned before that investigation could be completed.

[benji]

Members only so log into the riotous account
https://www.resetera.com/threads/vent-ive-been-asked-to-resign-my-teaching-position-over-a-bullying-talk.1305621/

It was honestly the best teaching experience -- at least dealing with adults -- that I've had in eight years of teaching.

I'm starting my fifth year as a teacher

As a (former) high school English teacher in Oklahoma, I've railed against him publicly, privately and in the classroom. I even put banned books in my classroom library and told parents to complain to him if they had a problem. But I worked in a district too small for him to notice. Thankfully, I'm moving to a new state next month with better educator support.

Shit's not adding up.

[Hap Shaughnessy]

[benji]

What are the odds of two dudes using the same exact username both named Jason Fox? And there also being another Jason Fox who was coaching in a middle school in Oklahoma two years ago? Incredible.

[benji]

[Potato]

Members only so log into the riotous account
https://www.resetera.com/threads/vent-ive-been-asked-to-resign-my-teaching-position-over-a-bullying-talk.1305621/

I moved it over to Members-Only before making my post, so nobody can see it outside of those of us with accounts on the site. So there's no need to worry about that.

Good thing the fucking moron didn't post the same damn thing on a far bigger website under the same username:
https://www.reddit.com/r/Teachers/comments/1noozjp/asked_to_resign_need_advice/

BlueHorse84
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11h ago
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Edited 11h ago
You talked about getting guns? Oh damn. That was not wise.

You don't say what state you're in or whether or not you have a union. In any case you should seek advice from a lawyer who has experience in education. You probably won't keep your job, but you can get specific advice on how to get another position.

ETA I've never heard of a contract liquidation fee and I've never heard of one district controlling whether or not another district hires you. That's where you need legal advice.

curvycounselor
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11h ago
That’s a lot of personal sharing for a classroom. A lot of students don’t understand nuance and can distort messages. I share very little and that works for me.
I’m sorry for the blowback but go ahead and resign and try again in another district. You really can’t go back once they ask for a divorce.

FormSuccessful1122
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11h ago
There's a lot at play here. How long were you with the district? Are you part of a union? Were you tenured? I can't lie. This shows extremely poor judgement. It might be fightable based on union and tenure status, but I wouldn't want to fight to stay somewhere that I wasn't wanted. I would just keep applying and not mention being asked to resign unless you're directly asked. And obviously you can't use this district as a reference.

Muted-Lynx-8745
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10h ago
I agree with the advice here. I am a retired teacher, school administrator with 25 years experience from Maryland. I was a union member during my entire career. I would first talk with your Union representatives. Also, their attorney. Part of their benefits is legal advice and representation if something like this happens, even if you are in the wrong. I pray that you are a Union member! If not, seek out an attorney for a consultation at least. I agree that it’s advisable to leave if you are not wanted. In my experience, it never went well for employees when they fought back. Good luck!

Sugar_Weasel_
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That was very foolish. Take the opportunity to resign before this destroys your career. It already may have. You may have put the idea of committing a shooting into kids’ heads. Never do this again. This was not an appropriate speech for the age bracket you teach.

Snoo58504
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11h ago
Your union should be involved. Why aren’t they representing you?

This was my second year at this school, and I really liked the administration and the people I worked with. It was honestly the best teaching experience -- at least dealing with adults -- that I've had in eight years of teaching. Moving here from Oklahoma was such a breath of fresh air for me.

This you?

A former Okmulgee High School student has filed a lawsuit against the school, the district, and two former teachers, alleging that after falling asleep in a classroom, she was awakened to find the pair having sex just feet away from her.

“She was in there while two teachers were having sex on the teacher's desk," said the student's attorney, Don Smolen.

The lawsuit states that two years ago, the student was in Denise Bowen's family and consumer science class, and since it was near the end of the school year, students were allowed to move around between classrooms.

“The teacher just kind of let the students do whatever they wanted, and she just happened to lay on the floor and fall asleep," Smolen said.'

According to the lawsuit, the student claims she was woken up by Bowen and the middle school basketball coach, Jason Fox, as their encounter turned increasingly sexual and the two began having what appeared to be sexual intercourse.

Smolen told NewsChannel 8 that the alleged incident was brought to the school's attention and an investigation was launched by Okmulgee Public Schools.

However, the lawsuit says both employees resigned before that investigation could be completed.

The doxxer benji strikes again.

[benji]

Members only so log into the riotous account
https://www.resetera.com/threads/vent-ive-been-asked-to-resign-my-teaching-position-over-a-bullying-talk.1305621/

It was honestly the best teaching experience -- at least dealing with adults -- that I've had in eight years of teaching.

I'm starting my fifth year as a teacher

As a (former) high school English teacher in Oklahoma, I've railed against him publicly, privately and in the classroom. I even put banned books in my classroom library and told parents to complain to him if they had a problem. But I worked in a district too small for him to notice. Thankfully, I'm moving to a new state next month with better educator support.

Shit's not adding up.

I'm 33 years-old and left my journalism career of 13 years to begin teaching in the classroom this year. You've got plenty of time to change your career. Do what makes you happy.

So he started teaching in 2019 and now six years later has been teaching for eight years?

I'm a teacher in Duncan.

I chose between being a journalist and a teacher when leaving high school. I went with the latter and spent 15 years in the business. But after meeting my wife, who is a teacher, and seeing several friends go from journalism to teaching, I decided to make the jump.

Thankfully, it was a great decision. The pay is better, the benefits are better, the schedule is better. But most importantly, I enjoy spending time with the students. I'm a high school English teacher, and seeing the students finally grasp a story and why it's important, or come to appreciate a work makes the occasional discipline issues worthwhile. My two years in the classroom are much more satisfying than 15 years as a reporter.

I'm an English teacher in Oklahoma, and have been very nervous about teaching To Kill a Mockingbird with my freshmen and 1984 with my seniors this year.

Stay safe.

As a teacher in Oklahoma, I think I resoundingly speak for the majority of the members of my profession here when I say "Fuck Ryan Walters." Then again, he won a fairly sizable portion of the teacher voting bloc. Thanks, straight party voting!

My wife is starting grad school next month to be a librarian in Oklahoma and our own "wonderful" state superintendent, Ryan Walters, is already using rhetoric like this to go after Tulsa Public Schools. I told her last night we might need to move to a new state as teachers if she wants to maintain a nice librarian position.

My wife and I, both teachers, decided we're moving out of Oklahoma next May. Just cannot stand the bullshit that Ryan Walters is doing at the OSDE. Education in this state was already bad enough. Now, it's even worse than ever.

Did they decide this because they got caught fucking in the classroom? I can't tell if this guy is Jason Fox or not.

I should have known that it wouldn't pass when I was only number 16 at my precinct at 4:45 p.m. last night, and the only other people I saw were all old. Then I saw local Facebook groups flooded with boomers bragging about how they made sure to vote it down. So tired of this country in which people who won't even be impacted by the consequences of their votes in the years and decades to come get to dictate so much policy while younger voters only seem to materialize when it's a national movement.

I have a med card and will continue to maintain my med card, even if recreational was approved. Oklahoma is fortunate in that it's medical laws are so lax compared to others, but the pearl clutching and decrying of "the children!" from law enforcement groups, church groups, and Kevin Shitt himself were nauseating. The additional revenue would have been amazing. But I'm sure the Legislature is still going to push forward with its draconian tax cuts this session to further gut education as soon as the next downturn hits.

As a user, I can say CHS is a very real thing. I've had four episodes in the last four years. The first was hours after I received my initial Covid vaccine and flu vaccine at the same time. I was down sick for four straight days, projectile vomiting literally anything that hit my stomach in the most violent way possible. And then there were the cramps — the absolute worst. My wife said the pain I was describing was worse than what she would endure during her worst periods. I was doubled up in the floor crying at times. The only thing that would temporarily help was a scalding hot shower.

I was so weak, I couldn't stand. I passed out twice, once in the bathroom and hit my chest on the corner of a cabinet door and severely bruised it. I lost 30 pounds in four days. When we went to the emergency room, they couldn't do anything for me. Just diagnosed me as a diabetic because my blood sugar was at 450. They gave me fluids and Benadryl for the cramps. I recovered and kept using because i didn't know any better.

The next time, it hit about seven months later. I would wake up for about two months each day with nausea and cramps and a complete lack of appetite unless I used. I came down sick for five days doing the same thing. I lost about 25-30 pounds then again. But I started researching what it could be and discovered CHS support groups on Facebook and Reddit.

I've had two more episodes, each about four days. I suck on pedialyte popsicles and use the shower frequently. I recognize I get attacks if I use too frequently, which usually ends up smoking once or twice a day and using a vape pen during times of high stress. But I've cut back to only weekends and I'm doing better. But there are people who if they use even once, will be triggered.

So don't immediately blow this off as propaganda. I'm very much in favor of legalization. Having moved to Kansas from Oklahoma this summer, I miss having it so easily accessible and legal. But I also recognize there are very valid health concerns that people need to be aware of.

Yes, I was an undiagnosed autistic student who moved across the country and struggled to make friends. I was bullied relentlessly from third grade through 10th grade. During my sophomore year, I just started snapping on people. I banged a student's head on the gym floor repeatedly until he was bleeding. I slammed another student's head into the bus window and threw him into the floor and choked him until he nearly passed out. I repeatedly got in fights and repeatedly started throwing hands at the slightest provocation. The bullying stopped. People became afraid of me.

That shit still stays with me. I have severe trust issues with people and horrible social anxiety. Part of it is my autism, but a lot of it comes from how I was bullied in school. Teachers were useless and didn't say anything beyond the old, "stick and stones..." adage. That's why I'm extremely anti-bullying as a teacher. I preach about it all the time and have often shared what I went through and what happened. I got the bullying to stop -- by seriously hurting people. I was never disciplined too harshly, but today, what I did would get charges pressed against them. I've heard my students even get onto each other about saying certain things because I don't like it. Hopefully, I can help some students avoid what I went through.

Does he use medical marijuana for his autism?

[benji]

The doxxer benji strikes again.

I can't believe the Kiwi /pol/ reject stalked and is obsessed with this guy just because he posted some super fishy things on the internet including that he manifests multiple personalities and it piqued his interest to investigate.

[benji]

Just saw that Jimmy Kimmel said that "violence is never the solution" even when dealing with Nazis. And this, after we on the Right Side of History stood up for his right to fight fascism and brought Disney to its knees? Another day where you can't trust fucking libs. Sounds about white. Fuck Jimmy Kimmel, glad I never liked him and never watched him.

[BananaBlast]

blueballs account has run its course, I fear. Whoever is behind it doesn’t have the brain power to type anything other than “bire bad, ree good! Doxxing!” nowadays. Like damn. You can’t ChatGPT something interesting to say?

the interesting thing is how it constantly revolves around what sites people are "from??" as if everyone doesn't just float all over the internet wherever they see something interesting?

"bro you're literally from Geocities dude, you're talking to a No Mutants Allowed poster, who once visited zombo.com  "

just in this recent outburst there's been bire bad, kiwi bad, pol bad, and now le reddit bad

everything important to know about a person can be discerned by a random website they may have once visited, there's definitely a shallow, brainlet mindset there

"dude did you just say brainlet, that means you're from somethingawful"

Yeah agreed. I genuinely fucking hate KiwiFarms, but I still browse it every once in a blue moon. Merely visiting a site should not get you that label (well.... unless it's like..... freegaychildpornmania.com)

It's only a valid insult when the person clearly brings across the baggage with them as a proud member of that community. Like when a squealing delusional leftoid starts whining about Steven Universe condoning genocide, the MCU not being inclusive enough, etc. etc. and someone rightfully says "hey buddy.... ya blow in from Tumblr/RetardEra?" No one here, as far as I'm aware, gives off genuine /pol/ or KiwiFarms vibes.

[malfoyking]

I thought they all loved the first amendment now. From that tweet it sounds like there was pressure from the government to remove content

so which is more impactful:

• a president directly ordering a company to silence the voices of potentially thousands of ordinary Americans for 5 years
  
• a president seething loudly and a few national affiliates agreeing with him to take a late night talk show host off the air for like 2 days
  

Well, one is about Covid misinformation, so dunno it if is the “gotcha libs  ” you expected.

Uncle, pls, you can make the point without pretending Trump situation is better.

Its not a gotcha. But this the bire. If era is against it, then some people here are clearly for it. Because apparently, COVID misinformation during that time when COVID was still rampant is clearly the same thing as FCC mafia-style shit.... After all, Biden sent the FCC after them riiiiiiiiight?

[Nintex]

Just saw that Jimmy Kimmel said that "violence is never the solution" even when dealing with Nazis. And this, after we on the Right Side of History stood up for his right to fight fascism and brought Disney to its knees? Another day where you can't trust fucking libs. Sounds about white. Fuck Jimmy Kimmel, glad I never liked him and never watched him.

Let Jimmy Kimmel rot in his bad ratings

[Gamegirl Nostalgia]

and y'all wonder why Blueballs is fearful of Benji 

[Hap Shaughnessy]

https://www.resetera.com/threads/city-dwellers-are-you-often-asked-for-help-when-walking-around.1305918/#post-145552716

I am an absolute monster when this happens, I say "yes, you are right, it's that way" when actually I have no idea

Fuck you for real. Just say you don't know.

wtf

Not funny, not clever, not cute. Stop being an asshole.

That's honestly really shitty. Just say you don't know or aren't sure.

[Daffy Duck]

Sorry but someone like that shouldn’t be teaching kids, the fact they think it’s ok to share those kinds of things with them, in a school in America no less…it’s mad.

[BananaBlast]

.....Well that was the most 0 to 100 escalation ever

I'm mostly teasing, this happened one time a long time ago, I have no idea why I did it and have never forgiven myself

The truth is I generally escort people to the place they are trying to get to lol

apparently! sorry lol

So now this guy LIES when confronted about it? He was an "absolute monster when it comes to this" but now he only "did it one time a long time ago"? That makes him even worse!

[imsotired]

 No one here, as far as I'm aware, gives off genuine /pol/ or KiwiFarms vibes.

It's worse. There are vtuber fans here that probably browse /vt/.  

[BananaBlast]

It's worse. There are vtuber fans here that probably browse /vt/.  

[BananaBlast]

For some reason, SilentPanda posted this NIKKE parody comic panel in the burka thread.

Spoiler: Boobs (click to show)(click to hide)

[Taco Bell Tower]

https://www.resetera.com/threads/jimmy-kimmel-live-to-return-tuesday-after-suspension.1304766/page-15#post-145538592

IF Newsom is the guest, I will so deeply disappointed.

https://www.resetera.com/threads/jimmy-kimmel-live-to-return-tuesday-after-suspension.1304766/page-15#post-145538982

Is there any actual reason to think he will be?

https://www.resetera.com/threads/jimmy-kimmel-live-to-return-tuesday-after-suspension.1304766/page-15#post-145539084

Still only reported by someone pretty credible, but that's about it. I juat am anticipating it though with stature he has now.

Who?

https://www.resetera.com/threads/jimmy-kimmel-live-to-return-tuesday-after-suspension.1304766/page-15#post-145539366

Spoiler: Occupy Democrats img (click to show)(click to hide)

Are you fucking serious? Come on Clicky, that's not an actual source. They literally have a history of making shit up.

https://www.resetera.com/threads/jimmy-kimmel-live-to-return-tuesday-after-suspension.1304766/page-15#post-145539897

Think of it this way, if Jimmy announced it like this thing says why are only they reporting it? Not worth worrying about!

https://www.resetera.com/threads/jimmy-kimmel-live-to-return-tuesday-after-suspension.1304766/page-15#post-145540137

Yeah....I just need to take a small internet break right now.

Holy fuck, why is ClickyCal' able to get away with all the fake news they constantly post? 

[Taco Bell Tower]

Lauren Anderson (Nepenthe) - Character animation

That name's white as fuck. Pretty sus.

Are you saying NepNep is pulling a Enzom21? 

[Hap Shaughnessy]

https://www.resetera.com/threads/pics-that-make-you-laugh-ot-2025-were-fart-and-were-smunny.1072071/page-35#post-145521210

An AIDS joke?

[Taco Bell Tower]

Why is Jeff so obsessed with right-wing people?

[Boredfrom]

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Jimmy apologized. Era in shambles.

I'm mostly seeing cognitive dissonance.

"Sure he waxed poetic about the suffering of Erika Kirk, denounced political violence in all of its forms and in either direction, admitted he would have been upset had he seen a late night host imply a right-wing assassin was a dirty leftist, and thanked Ben Shapiro and Candace Owens by name, but  he didn't say sorry  so we won!"

I mean. Trump is still raging about it and called out how they want to abuse their power against free speech.

[Gamegirl Nostalgia]

jimmy literally thanked candace owens in his monologue. The same candace owens that's spewing hate speech about a jewish conspriciy.

Y'all I can't handle this. I'm going to keep boycotting ABC and Disney. No Disney+ for me!

We can't sit here and accept Jimmy trying to humanize these nazis.   And getting choked up for Charlie Kirk (PBUH)? Y'all, this ain't it.

[Snoopy]

As I've said before Candace is Other Side Nep.

[HeavenIsAPlaceOnEarth]

Why is Jeff so obsessed with right-wing people?

It's the only way he can get hard.

With post-nut clarity, comes post deletion.

[HeavenIsAPlaceOnEarth]

That name's white as fuck. Pretty sus.

Are you saying NepNep is pulling a Enzom21? 

The colour of her skin is not in doubt, but the character she plays online is a work of fiction.

[Straight Edge]

Blueballs, you take the Bire and internet message boards far more seriously than everyone here combined. After I get my daily likes and sign off, you’re still creeping around taking notes. You have nothing else.

[BIONIC]

https://www.resetera.com/threads/city-dwellers-are-you-often-asked-for-help-when-walking-around.1305918/#post-145552716

When I lived in Chicago, yeah. People would ask me for directions constantly. I think the way I walk makes me look like I know where I'm going, and people say I look fairly approachable.

But really, in general, people in Chicago loved to engage me about all kinds of shit. One girl came up to me in a Whole Foods just to tell me I have a nice nose and then walked away.