[MrZongle2]

I don't recall any Texan politicians decrying cannibalism today, either. I guess we know what that means, right?

Or we could assume for a moment that not every event requires a politician's commentary.

I didn't need to see Obama or Zuck's responses before I had determined (for myself! Imagine!) that the school's actions were absurd, overblown, and counter-productive.

Perhaps you should do some research as to the response of some Texans to this travesty (e.g. http://motherboard.vice.com/read/dallas-hackers-are-already-... ) before you resort to the tired "Texas means backward and stupid" meme.

[niccaluim]

Nor have they decried ten-foot-tall lizard men, but then there aren't any national stories about ten-foot-tall lizard men in Texas right now, are there? The President commented on this, fer chrissakes. I think a few remarks from Texas politicians are warranted.

[MrZongle2]

No, action from Texas educators is warranted: specifically, actions that acknowledge that what happened to this 14-year-old is incompatible with a positive learning environment and a commitment to education and actions to ensure it doesn't happen again.

A pox on the politicians. They'll spin this eight ways to Sunday and nothing will be accomplished.

[braythwayt]

> not every event requires a politician's commentary.

No, not every event. Just the ones that give the impression that there is an ongoing systemic abuse of the very rights and principles that America is founded on.

The fact that you brush this off as unimportant is exactly the problem here.

[MrZongle2]

"The fact that you brush this off as unimportant is exactly the problem here."

And how does "absurd, overblown, and counter-productive" (my words) translate into "unimportant"?

The words of politicians are generally unimportant, as they are easy to come by and seldom backed by action. That was my point. Must I too engage in today's Two Minutes' Hate to pacify the Outrage Patrol?