Texas dad drops his pants at school board meeting to make a point about wearing masks VIDEO

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You'll need a strong stomach.

The following video has been making the rounds of both TikTok (and also Facebook-- for the sake of the dwindling dinosaur population). It depicts a parent by the name of James Akers who attended a school board meeting in Dripping Springs, Texas on August 23rd. Now, August 23rd is an eon ago in social media time, so I apologize if anyone has seen this, but it does not appear to have been posted as a stand-alone piece in this forum, yet.

The subject of the school board meeting was the same subject now being discussed and debated --sometimes loudly, rudely or profanely — in practically every school board across the country right now: namely, the requirement that children wear masks during school to protect themselves (and each other) from COVID-19. Mr. Akers, like all concerned residents, was allotted 90 seconds to voice his concerns. As reported by ABC7, an affiliate in the Chicago area that like many others carried the story, he used his time to maximum advantage.

First, he declared his general antipathy to any efforts by government to tell him what he can or cannot do:

"I'm here to say I do not like government, or any other entity telling me what to do," Akers began. "But, sometimes I've got to push the envelope a little bit, and I've just decided that I'm going to not just talk about it, but I'm going to walk the walk."

At that point, Mr. Akers began to physically disrobe for added emphasis.

"At work, they make me wear this jacket. I hate it. They make me wear this shirt and tie. I hate it," he said. "On the way over here I ran three stop signs and four red lights. I almost killed somebody out there. But, by God, it's my roads too. So I have every right to drive as fast as I want to."


oops, the video:

[no_hypocrisy]

1. The comparison seems . . . incongruent

[apcalc]

2. I believe his message is " there are things we must all do" even tho we are not fond of them.

[spooky3]

3. I think so too. At first, I thought it would be the opposite. Nt

[Hugh_Lebowski]

4. He's on our side, just saying ...

He should've lit up a cigarette too, IMHO ...

[Bettie]

5. It goes along with schools that say they can't enforce masking

and yet, they can enforce dress codes just fine.

He makes the point quite well.

ETA: Why did you say 'you'll need a strong stomach'? Because he's a middle aged guy? We see nothing more than his back, I don't get why this would be objectionable.