US headteacher fired for pornography

[bigtoughralf]

A headteacher from the United American Emirates has been fired after showing her pupils classic works of art including Michelangelo's David and Botticelli's Birth of Venus:

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-65433304

Outraged parents complained that the art works included male penises and female breasts, and as such were forbidden under both the Old Testament and New Testament.

She was promptly fired from her position of care over innocent children alhamdullilah.

[saxitoxin]

DDS lost his password but asked me to post this:

David has a massive 4" dick which could create unrealistic size expectations the first time girls see a man. The teacher did the right thing.

[jusplay4fun]

The FBI does not prosecute for pornography and does not even prosecute. ralph again shows his ignorance.

[jimboston]

The linked article says the teacher “didn’t know why she was fired”.

They didn’t bother asking the District?

Sounds link bad reporting… maybe she was fired for some other reason and she’s saying it was this because it draws attention?

Obviously IF she was fired for this it’s dumb.

[GaryDenton]

American newspaper - gifted article.

https://wapo.st/3oZwnnS

“There is nothing wrong with the human body in and of itself,” Carrasquilla said while visiting “David” on Friday, according to a statement from the museum. She likened the setting to a church, remarking on the “purity” and “humanness” of the sculpture. Galleria director Cecilie Hollberg said she was delighted to introduce Carrasquilla to “David,” which she described as representing the religious principle of good triumphing over evil — and, she reiterated, “nothing to do with pornography.”

Carrasquilla’s former employer, Tallahassee Classical School, is following a curriculum from the conservative Christian institution Hillsdale College in Michigan, and her husband has described her as a “strong evangelical Christian.” The chair of the Florida school’s board said there were several issues with the former principal, including not notifying parents ahead of time that their children would be shown images of “David” — and that the parents believed the material was “controversial” and not age-appropriate for their children, The Post reported.

Her firing is fallout from the freaks following DeSantis and Hillsdale College.

“Calling the ‘David’ pornographic says more about that particular viewer than the art object,” she said. “Most people are able to separate an aesthetic response from a sexual one.”

The idea that an ancient marble statue would cause desire “seems a bit odd,” said Nicola Beisel, a professor of sociology at Northwestern University. But she also raises the question: If it did cause desire, what’s wrong with that?

To her, the controversy reflects ongoing culture wars in Florida, where the restrictions on teaching gender identity and sexuality have drawn outrage from LGBTQ advocates and education experts. It’s notable, Beisel said, that desire aroused by a male body would presumably be ascribed to a woman, a gay man or a trans person.

Claudia LaMalfa, an art history professor at the American University of Rome, said “David” is a fundamental piece of arts education that shows “a genius at work.” The debate around its nudity reflects something greater at stake, she said.

“If Michelangelo’s ‘David’ can no longer be used to ask young students to think,” she said, “then the modern democratic system of teaching fails.”

[Doc_Brown]

Official statement from the school:
https://tlhclassical.org/wp-content/upl ... Firm-2.pdf

TLDR: This exhibit is a normal part of their curriculum and the school does not consider it pornographic. It is school policy to notify parents in advance about anything parents might consider objectionable. The principal did fail to follow school policy but that was not the cause of the termination. There were two other incidents that were the immediate cause of the school's request that the principal resign.

[saxitoxin]

Official statement from the school:
https://tlhclassical.org/wp-content/upl ... Firm-2.pdf

TLDR: This exhibit is a normal part of their curriculum and the school does not consider it pornographic. It is school policy to notify parents in advance about anything parents might consider objectionable. The principal did fail to follow school policy but that was not the cause of the termination. There were two other incidents that were the immediate cause of the school's request that the principal resign.

So whom should I trust, multi-billionaire union-busting slave driver Jeff Bezos' personal diary which has a history of outright lying in its stories to whip-up doe-eyed liberals and recently had to settle a lawsuit for doing just that, or ... the school itself?

Gonna go with the school on this one.

[jimboston]

These are different stories

[Dukasaur]

Let's see. A bunch of jesusfreaks who suddenly find themselves in hot water with saner levels of the public and realize it may even involve a cash settlement, or the world's most respected news agency.

I'll go with the news agency.

[jimboston]

Saxi’s post is conflating multiple stories.

[Dukasaur]

Ah, snuck that one through.

[saxitoxin]

... the world's most respected news agency.

By whom? Wall Street?

I prefer not to get my news from a union-busting billionaire's rag that consistently has been having to settle defamation lawsuits for lying in its reporting. A billionaire's rag that even Ralph Nader lampoons, that Pulitzer Prize-winning reporter Glenn Greenwald has taken to task for acting as an adjunct of the U.S. police apparatus, that published an Amber Herd op-ed that was so full of falsehoods that Herd got sued to death by Johnny Depp for it, that runs articles paid for by the Chinese government, etc., etc.

Yes, so respected. Right up there with Der Stürmer.

[Dukasaur]

... the world's most respected news agency.

By whom? Wall Street?

I prefer not to get my news from a union-busting billionaire's rag that consistently has been having to settle defamation lawsuits for lying in its reporting. A billionaire's rag that even Ralph Nader lampoons, that Pulitzer Prize-winning reporter Glenn Greenwald has taken to task for acting as an adjunct of the U.S. police apparatus, that published an Amber Herd op-ed that was so full of falsehoods that Herd got sued to death by Johnny Depp for it, that runs articles paid for by the Chinese government, etc., etc.

WTF you talking about?

The story was from the BBC.

[saxitoxin]

... the world's most respected news agency.

By whom? Wall Street?

I prefer not to get my news from a union-busting billionaire's rag that consistently has been having to settle defamation lawsuits for lying in its reporting. A billionaire's rag that even Ralph Nader lampoons, that Pulitzer Prize-winning reporter Glenn Greenwald has taken to task for acting as an adjunct of the U.S. police apparatus, that published an Amber Herd op-ed that was so full of falsehoods that Herd got sued to death by Johnny Depp for it, that runs articles paid for by the Chinese government, etc., etc.

WTF you talking about?

The story was from the BBC.

Not the one I was talking about -->

American newspaper - gifted article.

https://wapo.st/3oZwnnS

And you can't tell me the BBC has a correspondent in Leon County, Florida. That's a précis they pieced together from U.S. media reports, like the aforementioned WaPo.

[Dukasaur]

Ah, okay. Didn't see that one.

Still, while the WP has gone downhill of late, you gotta have some residual respect for the Grand Dame that got the U.S. out of Vietnam.

And yeah, I'm sure the BBC article is from American sources, but that doesn't make it wrong. They're pretty thorough at double checking.

[saxitoxin]

Still, while the WP has gone downhill of late, you gotta have some residual respect for the Grand Dame that got the U.S. out of Vietnam.

The WaPo merely provided the ink. Seymour Hersch wrote the My Lai Massacre story.

That's the same Seymour Hersch that the WaPo has now denounced as an itinerant liar for penning a story about the Nordstream pipeline sabotage that contradicts the details provided in a Pentagon press release.

So either the WaPo -- by its own admission -- was publishing the work of obnoxious liars all the way back to the 60s, or it is itself an obnoxious liar.

That's the problem with regime mouthpieces, you pull on a single thread and it all comes tumbling down in a self-imploding web of contradictions.

[bigtoughralf]

I mean the important point is that you're both agreed GD's article is a low-quality smear attempting to undermine the factual and correct reporting of the BBC. Factual and correct reporting which stated that this headteacher was fired for showing her students classic works of art.

[saxitoxin]

This morning, a deep dive into a four month old Jeff Bezos WaPo article revealed it to be false and largely dependent on things the reporter simply made up.

https://freebeacon.com/media/the-anatom ... -campaign/

In the story, the WaPo falsely reported a federal judicial candidate secretly removed his name from an article he authored to beguile the judiciary committee in a brazen ethical breach.

It turns the judge hadn't authored the article, he had merely participated in brainstorming an early draft a year prior, and that removing one's name from non-authored articles whose contents you can't vouch for is a usual and customary practice among judicial nominees that extends back decades.

For each of these false WaPo stories we learn about, how many remain hidden? I'd be so embarrassed to publicly reveal to the world I paid union-busting billionaire Jeff Bezos for this Narnian schleck.

[jimboston]

You guys are talking about 3 different stories…. at least that’s what it seems like to me.

Make up your mind!

On to the principal/teacher being fired for showing students “David”. That appears to be fake news… if not show me ONE article that directly states otherwise. Not 3 articles to unrelated stories.

[Dukasaur]

You guys are talking about 3 different stories…. at least that’s what it seems like to me.

Make up your mind!

On to the principal/teacher being fired for showing students “David”. That appears to be fake news… if not show me ONE article that directly states otherwise. Not 3 articles to unrelated stories.

Go do your own research!

[riskllama]

you're all a bunch of idiots - go outside.

[2dimes]

you're all a bunch of idiots - go outside.

Fair enough but I do wonder. What's a "headteacher"?

[Dukasaur]

you're all a bunch of idiots - go outside.

Fair enough but I do wonder. What's a "headteacher"?

Someone who teaches giving head?

[DirtyDishSoap]

DDS lost his password but asked me to post this:

DDS has a massive 8" dick which could create unrealistic size expectations the first time girls see a man. The teacher did the right thing.

I wouldn't mind if they decided to sculpt me instead. Would be a major benefit to human society.