Conservative Group Fights for the Right... to Bully

[Bill Keegan]

Originally Posted by MJJersey

This is the horrible, oppressive, unconstitutional bill that is supposed to be a constitutional rights violation to fourth graders. The actual bill begins by identifying a serious problem:

"In 2010, the chronic persistence of school bullying has led to 26 student suicides across the country, including in New Jersey"

Then it goes on to actually define bullying:

"Harassment, intimidation or bullying" means any gesture, any written, verbal or physical act, or any electronic communication, whether it be a single incident or a series of incidents, that is reasonably perceived as being motivated either by any actual or perceived characteristic, such as race, color, religion, ancestry, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity and expression, or a mental, physical or sensory [handicap] disability, or by any other distinguishing characteristic, that takes place on school property, at any school-sponsored function
[or] , on a school bus, or off school grounds as provided for in section 16 of
6 P.L. , c. (C. ) (pending before the Legislature as this bill), that substantially disrupts or interferes with the orderly operation of the school or the rights of other students and that:

a. a reasonable person should know, under the circumstances, will have the effect of physically or emotionally harming a student or damaging the student's property, or placing a student in reasonable fear of physical or emotional harm to his person or damage to his property; [or]

b. has the effect of insulting or demeaning any student or group of students [in such a way as to cause [substantial] disruption in, or [substantial] interference with, the orderly operation of the school]; or

c. creates a hostile educational environment [at school]for the student; or

d. infringes on the rights of the student at school] by interfering with a student’s education or by severely or pervasively causing physical or emotional harm to the student."

The bold portion is why people really don't like this law.

I don't like this law because it resulted in a fourth grade student being labeled a bully for pointing out, when asked, that the girl over there had dyed her hair because she had gotten head lice. I think a law that can punish a child for simply speaking the truth is a bad law.

[Delahanty]

Muzzle, restrict, ban....coming again from the left. Because that's where it always comes from.

[Glitch]

Originally Posted by Delahanty

Muzzle, restrict, ban....coming again from the left. Because that's where it always comes from.

Not always, but today that is certainly the case. After all, it was the GOP who passed the unconstitutional Communication Decency Act of 1996. However, that was then and this is now.