Tag Archives: intolerance

What Do “Hate,” “Diversity” and “Intolerance” Mean?

This is old news, but instructive nonetheless, for its issues are astonishingly and disturbingly persistent. I ran across it just now on an inactive blog called “dotmoms.”   A friend of mine told me this true story. She teaches at an elite private school, and her kids attend it as students. One day she and …

August 18, 2011 – 2:25 pm | By Tom Gilson | Posted in Life and Choices | Tagged , , , , , , | Comments (10)

Disgusta State University to Professor: Change Your Beliefs or Get Out!

Based on events alleged to have taken place at Augusta State University, Augusta, Georgia. DISGUSTA, Ga. — Attorneys with the National Uncivil Liberties League (NULL) filed suit against Disgusta State University Wednesday on behalf of a counseling professor told that her beliefs are unethical and incompatible with the prevailing views of the counseling profession. The …

July 23, 2010 – 2:59 pm | By Tom Gilson | Posted in Life and Choices | Tagged , , , , | Comments (7)

Kindergarten Thanksgiving Celebration Provokes Protests, Hate Mail; Police Called

Not filed under “parodies:” Protesters descended Tuesday on Condit Elementary School in Claremont, tersely arguing over the construction-paper pilgrim and Native American costumes worn by kindergartners at a decades-old Thanksgiving tradition. Police were called to the school when tensions rose. Officers also were monitoring Claremont Unified Supt. David Cash’s home after he received hate mail …

November 26, 2008 – 7:36 am | By Tom Gilson | Posted in Miscellanea | Tagged , | Comments (6)