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There is a school district in Florida that has no apparent connection to the past century or common decency.<\/p>\n

It’s like finding one of those Japanese soldiers who never got the memo World War II is over, but instead of of living in the jungle he’s buying 30 pounds of Twizzlers at Wal-Mart.<\/p>\n

Read Florida town backs principal witch hunt<\/a><\/p>\n

I don’t think we are that different from a lot of districts, at least in the Panhandle, that have beliefs that maybe are different from societal changes,” the schools superintendent said.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

“I guess I didn’t realize we were this bad,” Scott (school board member) said after the district lost in court.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Others flatly hail Davis (the bigoted principal) as a hero.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

At least you can count on an 11th grader to do the right thing when the educators around her have lost their minds.<\/p>\n

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Related links:<\/span><\/p>\n

AP Story<\/a> (Girl blamed for hurting her town)<\/p>\n

Confederate flag? Oui! Rainbow? No!<\/a> (too suggestive)<\/p>\n

Here is a blog<\/a> with info about the case.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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