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Muddling 2:
‘No Justification’: School Board Association Retracts Letter Likening Parents to Domestic Terrorists.

They must have gotten some amazing blow-back to have had to walk this back.

"The country's largest school board association apologized late Friday for its letter to President Joe Biden calling on the FBI to investigate parents as potential domestic terrorists.

The National School Board Association said in a memo to its members that "there was no justification" for some of the language in the letter, which was sent to Biden on Sept. 29. "On behalf of NSBA, we regret and apologize for the letter," the association said.


The apology comes after the Free Beacon reported Thursday that officials with the association collaborated with the White House in the weeks leading up to the controversial letter.

Emails obtained by watchdog group Parents Defending Education show the White House asked the association to list examples of parents who had engaged in violence at local school board meetings across the country. In its letter, the association cited several examples of violent outbursts at school board meetings, and suggested the acts were domestic terrorism or hate crimes. Five days later, the Justice Department formed a task force of officials from the national security division and civil rights divisions and FBI agents to monitor school board meetings."

Link: https://freebeacon.com/biden-administration/school-board-group-apologizes-for-comparing-parents-to-domestic-terrorists/

enslaved1:
That looks like an apology to the NSBA's members, not to the general public or the parents being targeted.  Also, will this have any effect on the Justice Dept. task force and investigations, or is the letter that got the ball rolling unnecessary now?

Muddling 2:

--- Quote from: enslaved1 on October 25, 2021, 12:38:32 PM ---That looks like an apology to the NSBA's members, not to the general public or the parents being targeted.  Also, will this have any effect on the Justice Dept. task force and investigations, or is the letter that got the ball rolling unnecessary now?

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Oh, I'm certain it's only an apology to the current and former members in an attempt to halt the stampede for the exits.  It would be quite the black eye if another organization was created to represent the various school boards.

I'm reminded of how "PAGE" (Professional Ass'n of Ga Educators) came about.  The GA Association of Educators was basically a "state level" version of the NEA; most teachers were members in order to get low-cost liability umbrella insurance.  As the NEA took on a more "union" stance and became welded to the Democrat party a lot of teachers wanted an alternative and PAGE was born.   GAE lost a lot of clout as they no longer represented "The Teachers of GA".

Happy Fun Ball:

Ferrance:
From the Free Beacon Article:
--- Quote ---One director, John Halkias, wrote that the letter "used terms that were extreme, and asked for action by the Federal Government that many of us would not request."

"Many of us have been put in a position now of explaining or defending this action of our association as we are asked by members of our community if we consider them domestic terrorists for showing up to our meetings and expressing their opinions," Halkias wrote in an Oct. 1 email.

The NBSA memo said it would conduct a "formal review" of the "proceedings leading to the letter," and announce improvements to ensure members would be consulted in the future.
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I believe between this and absolute scandal going on in Loudoun County, VA, it's forced these people to rethink their approach.

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