Mom Calls Out School For Making Her Daughter Adhere To Misogynistic Dress Codes While They Made Masks Optional
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Denis Tymulis
Life's a two-way street: if you tell students and their parents that an important (and life-saving) school policy is optional, you shouldn't be surprised when they apply the same logic to all the other policies in place. Hypocrisy and double standards won't fly. A feminist mom from Chattanooga, in Tennessee, called out her daughter's school for being hypocritical after they declared that the mask mandate would be optional and anyone can opt-out of it. She then contacted the school board to opt out of the school's official dress code that she finds to be "misogynistic and detrimental to the self-esteem of young women." Of course, the mom's main goal here was to highlight the importance of wearing masks and to protest the fact that they were made optional. The mom's email quickly went viral on Twitter after being shared by The Tennessee Holler and Mark Elliot. Both threads started an important discussion about school uniforms and wearing masks during the Covid pandemic, as the highly infectious delta variant continues to spread. Have a read through the mom's email to the school below and let us know what you think of the situation, dear Pandas.
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I don't understand why some principals believe they can't enforce mask-wearing. They enforce all sorts of other rules constantly. (Also, most rules are for "safety." I can't think of a more significant "safety" step than a school full of unvaccinated children ensuring students aren't spraying saliva at each other during a global pandemic.) 40 40points reply Ellie Rosser Ellie Rosser Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 1 year ago They just mean that enforcing masks would be a pain in the butt and hard work for them so they decline the effort. They COULD enforce it, they just don't wanna bother. 19 19points reply Load More Replies... Louloubelle Louloubelle Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 1 year ago And isn't that what is at the essence of "zero tolerance"? I mean, you suspend a kid for taking tums the same way you suspend a kid for having pot. This actually happened to my daughter. 5 5points reply Roman Hans Roman Hans Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 1 year ago (edited) No, they seriously think people should have the “freedom” not to wear masks but they’re too chickensh!t to say it. 1 1point reply Lila Wells Lila Wells Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 1 year ago I'm in Texas, and here, its ILLEGAL to enforce masks because of our absolute sh*tty government 6 6points reply sino8r sino8r Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 1 year ago This comment is hidden. Click here to view. Move then. Blue states would love you -9 -9points reply Andy Acceber Andy Acceber Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 1 year ago Don't tell people to move because they have different views. Texas desperately needs some common sense. I'm glad Lila is there. 6 6points reply Huddo's sister Huddo's sister Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 11 months ago Exactly, why would you upend your life to move to somewhere that already has similar views when you can just speak up and advocate for your views so be heard by your current home? I am not American and it baffles me that there are 'red/blue states'. That's like saying you may as well not vote because things will never change. In saying that I am also in a country where voting is compulsory and don't understand why it shouldn't be. People can still 'waste' their votes by donkey voting if they want to, but why not take the time to think a little about what sort of place you want to live in? 0 0points reply Leo Domitrix Leo Domitrix Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 1 year ago "You have the option to risk everyone else's health, but by God, no shoulders or knees!"... What is *wrong* with this thinking? (Rhetorical. I know. All of it.) 11 11points reply WilvanderHeijden WilvanderHeijden Community Member • points posts comments upvotes 1 year ago (edited) And here we are once again. American institutions giving in to idiots. Like the mom said: " If it's possible to cherry pick on what policies your deluded mind wants to question and ignore, everything goes." If you choose that path, students can be late because "they've opted out of the coming in on time policy." or they can choose not to do their homework because " they have communicated that they opt out from homework." And the next level will be that they can't fail, because they chose to opt out of the grading system because "it doesn't align with their belief system. " I guess there's a reason why only the US has a sovereign-citizen movement. 8 8points reply Nikki Sevven Nikki Sevven Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 1 year ago Can you appreciate this mom's malicious compliance, though? Where she lives, people are super religious...but only about the things they pick and choose from the Bible; they ignore the rest. For example, they'll go on ad nauseum about homosexuality in Leviticus, while having tattoos, eating pork and shellfish, and the like. This school's policy stems from that nonsense. 16 16points reply Load More Replies... Firefly I am Firefly I am Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 1 year ago Homosexuality isn't even in the bible, and it is simply a mis-translated version of a much worse thing that I'm not comfortable saying 3 3points reply WilvanderHeijden WilvanderHeijden Community Member • points posts comments upvotes 1 year ago Over time I've come to the conclusion that certain groups are very bad at reading, especially the parts that don't fit their agenda. -2 -2points reply sino8r sino8r Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 1 year ago This comment is hidden. Click here to view. The hypocrisy. Your agenda is quite clear. -8 -8points reply Little king trash mouth Little king trash mouth Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 1 year ago I get what you're saying about the slippery slope of just ignoring rules altogether (I don't support that). However, this mother is talking about the dress code. Masks fall under dress code and so do yoga pants. You can't compare her view to "opting out of arriving on time" because that's apples to oranges. Her point is quite valid considering the context. 4 4points reply Samantha Lomb Samantha Lomb Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 1 year ago Canada also has sovereign citizens and I imagine other countries do as well 4 4points reply WilvanderHeijden WilvanderHeijden Community Member • points posts comments upvotes 1 year ago I stand corrected. The sovereign citizen movement started in the US and spread to Canada, Australia and parts of the UK. 0 0points reply Auntriarch Auntriarch Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 1 year ago And it is a complete bloody pain in the a**e wherever it crops up 3 3points reply sino8r sino8r Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 1 year ago This comment is hidden. Click here to view. Do you even say anything positive? You're the most bitter socialist on this site. Maybe it's time to get a job and contribute to society, keyboard warrior -10 -10points reply Henry Hagens Henry Hagens Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 1 year ago Says the person going through this feed and spouting all kinds of negativity for no reason with the safety of anonymity 0 0points reply Load More Comments POST Andy Acceber Andy Acceber Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 1 year ago Go mom! I don't understand why some principals believe they can't enforce mask-wearing. They enforce all sorts of other rules constantly. (Also, most rules are for "safety." I can't think of a more significant "safety" step than a school full of unvaccinated children ensuring students aren't spraying saliva at each other during a global pandemic.) 40 40points reply Ellie Rosser Ellie Rosser Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 1 year ago They just mean that enforcing masks would be a pain in the butt and hard work for them so they decline the effort. They COULD enforce it, they just don't wanna bother. 19 19points reply Load More Replies... Louloubelle Louloubelle Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 1 year ago And isn't that what is at the essence of "zero tolerance"? I mean, you suspend a kid for taking tums the same way you suspend a kid for having pot. This actually happened to my daughter. 5 5points reply Roman Hans Roman Hans Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 1 year ago (edited) No, they seriously think people should have the “freedom” not to wear masks but they’re too chickensh!t to say it. 1 1point reply Lila Wells Lila Wells Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 1 year ago I'm in Texas, and here, its ILLEGAL to enforce masks because of our absolute sh*tty government 6 6points reply sino8r sino8r Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 1 year ago This comment is hidden. Click here to view. Move then. Blue states would love you -9 -9points reply Andy Acceber Andy Acceber Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 1 year ago Don't tell people to move because they have different views. Texas desperately needs some common sense. I'm glad Lila is there. 6 6points reply Huddo's sister Huddo's sister Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 11 months ago Exactly, why would you upend your life to move to somewhere that already has similar views when you can just speak up and advocate for your views so be heard by your current home? I am not American and it baffles me that there are 'red/blue states'. That's like saying you may as well not vote because things will never change. In saying that I am also in a country where voting is compulsory and don't understand why it shouldn't be. People can still 'waste' their votes by donkey voting if they want to, but why not take the time to think a little about what sort of place you want to live in? 0 0points reply Leo Domitrix Leo Domitrix Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 1 year ago "You have the option to risk everyone else's health, but by God, no shoulders or knees!"... What is *wrong* with this thinking? (Rhetorical. I know. All of it.) 11 11points reply WilvanderHeijden WilvanderHeijden Community Member • points posts comments upvotes 1 year ago (edited) And here we are once again. American institutions giving in to idiots. Like the mom said: " If it's possible to cherry pick on what policies your deluded mind wants to question and ignore, everything goes." If you choose that path, students can be late because "they've opted out of the coming in on time policy." or they can choose not to do their homework because " they have communicated that they opt out from homework." And the next level will be that they can't fail, because they chose to opt out of the grading system because "it doesn't align with their belief system. " I guess there's a reason why only the US has a sovereign-citizen movement. 8 8points reply Nikki Sevven Nikki Sevven Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 1 year ago Can you appreciate this mom's malicious compliance, though? Where she lives, people are super religious...but only about the things they pick and choose from the Bible; they ignore the rest. For example, they'll go on ad nauseum about homosexuality in Leviticus, while having tattoos, eating pork and shellfish, and the like. This school's policy stems from that nonsense. 16 16points reply Load More Replies... Firefly I am Firefly I am Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 1 year ago Homosexuality isn't even in the bible, and it is simply a mis-translated version of a much worse thing that I'm not comfortable saying 3 3points reply WilvanderHeijden WilvanderHeijden Community Member • points posts comments upvotes 1 year ago Over time I've come to the conclusion that certain groups are very bad at reading, especially the parts that don't fit their agenda. -2 -2points reply sino8r sino8r Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 1 year ago This comment is hidden. Click here to view. The hypocrisy. Your agenda is quite clear. -8 -8points reply Little king trash mouth Little king trash mouth Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 1 year ago I get what you're saying about the slippery slope of just ignoring rules altogether (I don't support that). However, this mother is talking about the dress code. Masks fall under dress code and so do yoga pants. You can't compare her view to "opting out of arriving on time" because that's apples to oranges. Her point is quite valid considering the context. 4 4points reply Samantha Lomb Samantha Lomb Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 1 year ago Canada also has sovereign citizens and I imagine other countries do as well 4 4points reply WilvanderHeijden WilvanderHeijden Community Member • points posts comments upvotes 1 year ago I stand corrected. The sovereign citizen movement started in the US and spread to Canada, Australia and parts of the UK. 0 0points reply Auntriarch Auntriarch Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 1 year ago And it is a complete bloody pain in the a**e wherever it crops up 3 3points reply sino8r sino8r Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 1 year ago This comment is hidden. Click here to view. Do you even say anything positive? You're the most bitter socialist on this site. Maybe it's time to get a job and contribute to society, keyboard warrior -10 -10points reply Henry Hagens Henry Hagens Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 1 year ago Says the person going through this feed and spouting all kinds of negativity for no reason with the safety of anonymity 0 0points reply Load More Comments Popular on Bored Panda I Used AI To See What These 23 Popular Cartoon Characters Would Look Like In Real Life 30 Y.O. 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Mom Calls Out School For Making Her Daughter Adhere To Misogynistic Dress Codes While They Made Masks ‘ Optional’
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Life's a two-way street: if you tell students and their parents that an important (and life-saving) school policy is optional, you shouldn't be surprised when they apply the same logic to all the other policies in place. Hypocrisy and double standards won't fly. A feminist mom from Chattanooga, in Tennessee, called out her daughter's school for being hypocritical after they declared that the mask mandate would be optional and anyone can opt-out of it. She then contacted the school board to opt out of the school's official dress code that she finds to be "misogynistic and detrimental to the self-esteem of young women." Of course, the mom's main goal here was to highlight the importance of wearing masks and to protest the fact that they were made optional. The mom's email quickly went viral on Twitter after being shared by The Tennessee Holler and Mark Elliot. Both threads started an important discussion about school uniforms and wearing masks during the Covid pandemic, as the highly infectious delta variant continues to spread. Have a read through the mom's email to the school below and let us know what you think of the situation, dear Pandas.
A mom from Chattanooga wanted to highlight the importance of wearing masks at school as the pandemic continues&hellip
Image credits: Morrowind&hellip so she called out her daughter s school s hypocrisy in making mask-wearing optional but still having misogynistic dress codes
Image credits: markmobilityHere s the mom s full email to the school board In it she addresses the double standards the school has
Image credits: markmobility The situation in Hamilton County is quite confusing. Ironically, the Hamilton County Schools webpage notes that face coverings are a must. However… parents still have the ability to opt their children out of wearing them. Thus, the entire policy sounds more like a recommendation rather than an obligation, as the Chattanooga Times Free Press notes. Mark's thread on Twitter racked up nearly 60k likes, meanwhile, The Tennessee Holler's post got almost 30k likes. According to the Chattanooga mom, it's best to empower young women instead of shaming them into "covering up their shoulders (and other parts of their body)." However, in an interview with Raw Story, the mom highlighted the fact that she wanted to draw attention to the importance of wearing masks in schools. "While I disagree with the dress code policy, I'm not really in this to fight that policy. My goal is to draw attention to the importance of mask usage in our schools. We need to base decisions around this issue on medical data and be guided by the recommendations of experts in this area. But I'm up for fighting the dress code once we get the mask issue taken care of!" she told Raw Story. "We should be guided by science and the recommendation of experts, not by what Tucker Carlson says. Our cases and hospitalization rates in Hamilton County have spiked up in a big way the past few weeks. We are back to where we were last February. It's very discouraging. There is a very loud contingency agitating against mask use, but I do not believe they are representative of most of us who want to keep ourselves and others safe. Hardly anyone is wearing masks at this point, which is troubling given the spread of the delta variant," she said. "It is frustrating that people do not want to get vaccinated and they do not want to wear masks either. I hope that my letter will inspire others to make their voice heard and to advocate for policies that will keep our children and teachers safe."Here s how some people reacted to the mom s email
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I don't understand why some principals believe they can't enforce mask-wearing. They enforce all sorts of other rules constantly. (Also, most rules are for "safety." I can't think of a more significant "safety" step than a school full of unvaccinated children ensuring students aren't spraying saliva at each other during a global pandemic.) 40 40points reply Ellie Rosser Ellie Rosser Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 1 year ago They just mean that enforcing masks would be a pain in the butt and hard work for them so they decline the effort. They COULD enforce it, they just don't wanna bother. 19 19points reply Load More Replies... Louloubelle Louloubelle Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 1 year ago And isn't that what is at the essence of "zero tolerance"? I mean, you suspend a kid for taking tums the same way you suspend a kid for having pot. This actually happened to my daughter. 5 5points reply Roman Hans Roman Hans Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 1 year ago (edited) No, they seriously think people should have the “freedom” not to wear masks but they’re too chickensh!t to say it. 1 1point reply Lila Wells Lila Wells Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 1 year ago I'm in Texas, and here, its ILLEGAL to enforce masks because of our absolute sh*tty government 6 6points reply sino8r sino8r Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 1 year ago This comment is hidden. Click here to view. Move then. Blue states would love you -9 -9points reply Andy Acceber Andy Acceber Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 1 year ago Don't tell people to move because they have different views. Texas desperately needs some common sense. I'm glad Lila is there. 6 6points reply Huddo's sister Huddo's sister Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 11 months ago Exactly, why would you upend your life to move to somewhere that already has similar views when you can just speak up and advocate for your views so be heard by your current home? I am not American and it baffles me that there are 'red/blue states'. That's like saying you may as well not vote because things will never change. In saying that I am also in a country where voting is compulsory and don't understand why it shouldn't be. People can still 'waste' their votes by donkey voting if they want to, but why not take the time to think a little about what sort of place you want to live in? 0 0points reply Leo Domitrix Leo Domitrix Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 1 year ago "You have the option to risk everyone else's health, but by God, no shoulders or knees!"... What is *wrong* with this thinking? (Rhetorical. I know. All of it.) 11 11points reply WilvanderHeijden WilvanderHeijden Community Member • points posts comments upvotes 1 year ago (edited) And here we are once again. American institutions giving in to idiots. Like the mom said: " If it's possible to cherry pick on what policies your deluded mind wants to question and ignore, everything goes." If you choose that path, students can be late because "they've opted out of the coming in on time policy." or they can choose not to do their homework because " they have communicated that they opt out from homework." And the next level will be that they can't fail, because they chose to opt out of the grading system because "it doesn't align with their belief system. " I guess there's a reason why only the US has a sovereign-citizen movement. 8 8points reply Nikki Sevven Nikki Sevven Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 1 year ago Can you appreciate this mom's malicious compliance, though? Where she lives, people are super religious...but only about the things they pick and choose from the Bible; they ignore the rest. For example, they'll go on ad nauseum about homosexuality in Leviticus, while having tattoos, eating pork and shellfish, and the like. This school's policy stems from that nonsense. 16 16points reply Load More Replies... Firefly I am Firefly I am Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 1 year ago Homosexuality isn't even in the bible, and it is simply a mis-translated version of a much worse thing that I'm not comfortable saying 3 3points reply WilvanderHeijden WilvanderHeijden Community Member • points posts comments upvotes 1 year ago Over time I've come to the conclusion that certain groups are very bad at reading, especially the parts that don't fit their agenda. -2 -2points reply sino8r sino8r Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 1 year ago This comment is hidden. Click here to view. The hypocrisy. Your agenda is quite clear. -8 -8points reply Little king trash mouth Little king trash mouth Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 1 year ago I get what you're saying about the slippery slope of just ignoring rules altogether (I don't support that). However, this mother is talking about the dress code. Masks fall under dress code and so do yoga pants. You can't compare her view to "opting out of arriving on time" because that's apples to oranges. Her point is quite valid considering the context. 4 4points reply Samantha Lomb Samantha Lomb Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 1 year ago Canada also has sovereign citizens and I imagine other countries do as well 4 4points reply WilvanderHeijden WilvanderHeijden Community Member • points posts comments upvotes 1 year ago I stand corrected. The sovereign citizen movement started in the US and spread to Canada, Australia and parts of the UK. 0 0points reply Auntriarch Auntriarch Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 1 year ago And it is a complete bloody pain in the a**e wherever it crops up 3 3points reply sino8r sino8r Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 1 year ago This comment is hidden. Click here to view. Do you even say anything positive? You're the most bitter socialist on this site. Maybe it's time to get a job and contribute to society, keyboard warrior -10 -10points reply Henry Hagens Henry Hagens Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 1 year ago Says the person going through this feed and spouting all kinds of negativity for no reason with the safety of anonymity 0 0points reply Load More Comments POST Andy Acceber Andy Acceber Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 1 year ago Go mom! I don't understand why some principals believe they can't enforce mask-wearing. They enforce all sorts of other rules constantly. (Also, most rules are for "safety." I can't think of a more significant "safety" step than a school full of unvaccinated children ensuring students aren't spraying saliva at each other during a global pandemic.) 40 40points reply Ellie Rosser Ellie Rosser Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 1 year ago They just mean that enforcing masks would be a pain in the butt and hard work for them so they decline the effort. They COULD enforce it, they just don't wanna bother. 19 19points reply Load More Replies... Louloubelle Louloubelle Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 1 year ago And isn't that what is at the essence of "zero tolerance"? I mean, you suspend a kid for taking tums the same way you suspend a kid for having pot. This actually happened to my daughter. 5 5points reply Roman Hans Roman Hans Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 1 year ago (edited) No, they seriously think people should have the “freedom” not to wear masks but they’re too chickensh!t to say it. 1 1point reply Lila Wells Lila Wells Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 1 year ago I'm in Texas, and here, its ILLEGAL to enforce masks because of our absolute sh*tty government 6 6points reply sino8r sino8r Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 1 year ago This comment is hidden. Click here to view. Move then. Blue states would love you -9 -9points reply Andy Acceber Andy Acceber Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 1 year ago Don't tell people to move because they have different views. Texas desperately needs some common sense. I'm glad Lila is there. 6 6points reply Huddo's sister Huddo's sister Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 11 months ago Exactly, why would you upend your life to move to somewhere that already has similar views when you can just speak up and advocate for your views so be heard by your current home? I am not American and it baffles me that there are 'red/blue states'. That's like saying you may as well not vote because things will never change. In saying that I am also in a country where voting is compulsory and don't understand why it shouldn't be. People can still 'waste' their votes by donkey voting if they want to, but why not take the time to think a little about what sort of place you want to live in? 0 0points reply Leo Domitrix Leo Domitrix Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 1 year ago "You have the option to risk everyone else's health, but by God, no shoulders or knees!"... What is *wrong* with this thinking? (Rhetorical. I know. All of it.) 11 11points reply WilvanderHeijden WilvanderHeijden Community Member • points posts comments upvotes 1 year ago (edited) And here we are once again. American institutions giving in to idiots. Like the mom said: " If it's possible to cherry pick on what policies your deluded mind wants to question and ignore, everything goes." If you choose that path, students can be late because "they've opted out of the coming in on time policy." or they can choose not to do their homework because " they have communicated that they opt out from homework." And the next level will be that they can't fail, because they chose to opt out of the grading system because "it doesn't align with their belief system. " I guess there's a reason why only the US has a sovereign-citizen movement. 8 8points reply Nikki Sevven Nikki Sevven Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 1 year ago Can you appreciate this mom's malicious compliance, though? Where she lives, people are super religious...but only about the things they pick and choose from the Bible; they ignore the rest. For example, they'll go on ad nauseum about homosexuality in Leviticus, while having tattoos, eating pork and shellfish, and the like. This school's policy stems from that nonsense. 16 16points reply Load More Replies... Firefly I am Firefly I am Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 1 year ago Homosexuality isn't even in the bible, and it is simply a mis-translated version of a much worse thing that I'm not comfortable saying 3 3points reply WilvanderHeijden WilvanderHeijden Community Member • points posts comments upvotes 1 year ago Over time I've come to the conclusion that certain groups are very bad at reading, especially the parts that don't fit their agenda. -2 -2points reply sino8r sino8r Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 1 year ago This comment is hidden. Click here to view. The hypocrisy. Your agenda is quite clear. -8 -8points reply Little king trash mouth Little king trash mouth Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 1 year ago I get what you're saying about the slippery slope of just ignoring rules altogether (I don't support that). However, this mother is talking about the dress code. Masks fall under dress code and so do yoga pants. You can't compare her view to "opting out of arriving on time" because that's apples to oranges. Her point is quite valid considering the context. 4 4points reply Samantha Lomb Samantha Lomb Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 1 year ago Canada also has sovereign citizens and I imagine other countries do as well 4 4points reply WilvanderHeijden WilvanderHeijden Community Member • points posts comments upvotes 1 year ago I stand corrected. The sovereign citizen movement started in the US and spread to Canada, Australia and parts of the UK. 0 0points reply Auntriarch Auntriarch Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 1 year ago And it is a complete bloody pain in the a**e wherever it crops up 3 3points reply sino8r sino8r Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 1 year ago This comment is hidden. Click here to view. Do you even say anything positive? You're the most bitter socialist on this site. Maybe it's time to get a job and contribute to society, keyboard warrior -10 -10points reply Henry Hagens Henry Hagens Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 1 year ago Says the person going through this feed and spouting all kinds of negativity for no reason with the safety of anonymity 0 0points reply Load More Comments Popular on Bored Panda I Used AI To See What These 23 Popular Cartoon Characters Would Look Like In Real Life 30 Y.O. 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