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A school board member in Arkansas stands by disparaging comments she made on Facebook regarding a student advocate for LGBTQ rights, ArkansasOnline reports.
In a statement on Friday, Bentonville School Board member Rebecca Sue Powers defended herself against charges of cyber-bullying a local public school student. Though she insulted a child on a public Facebook page, Powers says her comment was meant only for private discussion
I am sincerely sorry that these remarks became public, and I sincerely apologize for any hurt this has caused to any student who believes I was identifying them.
Powers argues in her statement that, as usual in debates about homosexuality and cross-dressing, when these divisive issues are forced on school boards by those who wish to normalize harmful behaviors to impressionable children, supporters of these categories make accusations of bullying when confronted by the truth.
I am disappointed that the media has run a story that I have bullied a student in (the Bentonville School District), when it is untrue, Powers clarifies to ArkansasOnline. It is not bullying to state an opinion that an unnamed students behavior was rude and disrespectful, or to comment on potential motivations for that behavior.
http://www.rawstory.com/2015/05/arkansas-school-board-caught-cyber-bullying-student-advocate-for-lgbt-rights/
msongs
(67,417 posts)Omaha Steve
(99,660 posts)okaawhatever
(9,462 posts)Not to mention she doesn't vaccinate her own children against small pox while keeping them in the public schools.
jmowreader
(50,559 posts)I wonder if she has any connections to it.
Exilednight
(9,359 posts)Really believes. I think we should add a new amendment to the constitution that requires any one running for office participate in either a debate or town hall style meeting while hooked up to a lie detector.
Bluenorthwest
(45,319 posts)nt