And The Pussification of America Continues: Colorado 2nd Grader Threatened With Suspension For Throwing Imaginary Grenade At Imaginary Bad Guys
Fox – A Colorado second-grader may be suspended from his elementary school after he disobeyed a key rule of no weapons, real or imaginary, when he tossed an imaginary grenade Friday during recess and went, ‘pshhh,’ to indicate that the imaginary device detonated, KDVR.com reported. Alex Watkins,7, who attends Mary Blair Elementary in Loveland, said he was playing the game “Rescue the World.” He plays the role of a heroic soldier out to rid the world of an evil threat. His duties led him to throw the imaginary grenade into a box he pretended contained evil forces. He said he didn’t make any threats and was playing by himself, KDVR.com reported. The school has a list of ‘absolutes’ that states no weapons, even if they’re imaginary. A phone call Tuesday morning from FoxNews.com to the school was not immediately returned. “Honestly, I don’t think the rule is very realistic for kids this age,” Mandie Watkins, Alex’s mom, told KDVR.com. “I think that when a child is trying to save the world, I don’t think he should be punished for it.”
I have a question. Does GI Joe still exist? Is that like still a cartoon on TV? Because I was a GI Joe freak as a kid. Just battling it out with Destro every fucking afternoon. Doing naughty things to Lady J on the side. I assume that’s all illegal now? Kids can’t play with action figures or army figures or pretend to be a hero anymore because a couple nutcases have shot up schools. I mean that’s what’s happening here right? This kid is doing what every kid in the history of civilization has done. Pretending to save the world and now he’s getting suspended for it. I guess I shouldn’t be surprised though because we seemingly have a new story like this every fucking day. It’s school officials 101. Enforcing zero tolerance policies that ignore logic and reason and go against everything teaching should be about. Primary using your brain.
PS – Awesome move by the mother letting her son get interviewed in camo by the way. Smooth. Maybe next time stick a turban on him for the interview.
son?
pork chop sandwiches!
Was it imaginary Neil’s imaginary kid?
you googled G.I. Joe in order to come up with Destro and Lady J, right? You had to have…
“stop using your imagination” is a great lesson to be taught at school.
80% of your readers parents hadnt met yet when you were watching GI Joe before your bar mitzvah
my mom told me that easy bake ovens were originally used to cook little jewish babies…that’s false right?
no chance the nutjobs that shoot up schools watched gi joe. they were all giant emo pussies who probably watched shit like my little pony
I has over 2000 confirmed imaginary kills by the time I was 8. Mostly Indians, commie Russians and those who’s allegiance was with Skeletor.
I would have been expelled from middle school for all of the chinese paper star wars…..
The principal and school superintendent should be getting imaginary paychecks.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L1BDM1oBRJ8
This is what you get when you legalize marijuana
“I was a GI Joe freak”
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No. That was GI Jew, the soldier who battled Cobra with his powers of whining and complaining.
Not gonna lie, that PS made me laugh.
this is an absolute travisty and the school administrators should be drawn and quartered
Meanwhile the principle goes home to an imaginary husband. Assuming this was a woman principle right?
Manti Te’o was shocked when he heard his new girlfriend was trying to take over the world
ha “no weapons even if they are imaginary” that is the fucking blog right there. fuckin crackpots out there.
I just had imaginary sex with Courtney from the Zoo. The disappointment was real, tho…
@FutureHouston my thoughts exactly, how fucking ridiculous is that notion of suspending a kid for the use of an “imaginary” weapon?? its mind boggling.
This is how psychotic School Administrators are now. To them that playground may as well be Thunderdome.
As someone a year or so younger than Pres who grew up with GI Joe, I had the same question. It’s crazy the coddled little bubble these kids are growing up in. No wonder boys are doing way worse than girls in school etc. Every aspect of masculinity has to be suppressed in the name of diversity or school security.