12 year old girl in UK put in isolation and sent home by school for wearing Union Jack to Culture Day

[SeaDaVie]

pokoko said:

SeaDaVie said:

Yes, I have confirmation bias in regards to the characterisation of a person I've never encountered before in my entire life. Makes perfect sense.

What about the people blaming this decision on foreigners, Muslims and left-wing lunatics without knowong a single thing about who made the decision or why? That's not confirmation bias at all, and definitely not ignorant and prejudiced. Again, though another person chose to ignore that and focus on the one person who actually highlighted the reason the girl was asked to leave the class, and not because the school is run by Muslims(or whatever group your preconceived biases aligns you against) 

Another shining light of humanity you are eh. I get it, this website tends to have a lot, let's say, outcasts; people that feel anger at being left behind by society, and you want to take that anger out on someone. However, maybe just think for a second about where that anger is coming from, who is stoking it and what their objective is. 

You didn't highlight anything except your own preconceptions, though why you'd be biased against a 12 year old child, I have no idea.  It wasn't a dress code violation, it was someone in the school overstepping their bounds and punishing a student for an unexplained reason--though it's not unreasonable to think it was politically motivated given the press release from the school.

I mean, they have already apologized and admitted they screwed up badly.  You're defending something the original perpetrators aren't even defending.  Think about that.  It's kind of like that "you're already dead, you just don't know it" meme.

I get it, you're here because you're an outcast from somewhere else, most likely because you had the same problems with anger that you're having now, but letting others manipulate you seriously does not make you look smart.  It just makes you a puppet.  Ask yourself why you're angry on the behalf of people who admitted they made a big mistake.  Ask yourself why you're defending the mistreatment of a child.

Nothing you say makes any sense at all. There is a page of people blaming it on muslims and foreigners and I pointed out the actual rule infringement. That's not my preconception, blaming it on people you have been taught to hate is a preconception, not reading through the document and trying to understand the nature of the problem.

It's not about defending the school, who I know absolutely nothing about. It was about pointing out that there can be an actual reason this decision was made that had nothing to do with the country being taken over by Muslims or foreigners. You're assuming it was politically motivated, that's your preconception.

Again, though, the fact youre offended by my comments and not the people displaying pretty obvious biases and prejudices is pretty telling.