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Originally Posted by Reaper
Being a jerk after you've been asked to stop being a jerk isn't the road to success if you're in high school. It's a hard lesson but it seems this kid has to learn it.
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I'm skeptical he'll learn it, the suspension will just confirm his bias and make him more fervent that he has the only Truth and that the devil will stop at nothing to muzzle him.
This is the exact kind of thing I was fed as a teenager, we were all encouraged (and actively helped) to start prayer groups, prominently carry and read our Bible everywhere, wear provocative shirts or jewelry or stickers on books, and if we got any pushback, "God's ways are higher than man's ways". Resistance meant we were on the right path since God's chosen are always persecuted, the bigger the crap storm the closer to the right thing it was.
Don't know what they're feeding this kid of course, but it wouldn't be shocking if it was similar.
EDIT: From the article you posted:
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This is the seventh time school officials have suspended Swinimer for the same reason.
Swinimer says the school is discriminating against him because of his religious beliefs.
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Yup...