[AMerePotato]

It's really incredible that the adults took a rumor so far without hearing all sides of it. Sounds like the boys had their whole lives upended for a picture of some stupid green face mask they didn't even intend to share publicly

It's only getting worse for the next generations. The stupid stuff you do before you know better is suddenly judged much harder than it should be. I don't feel like the resulting punishment was appropriate even if it was a legitimate blackface picture. Teens can be offensive without necessarily understanding the effects it has on others. It's very possible to be an asshole at 14 and turn into a better adult without needing to be traumatized

[one_x]

This is exactly how all SJW witch hunts work:

- The accused is not heard even once.

- The accused is presented with sentence and extorted: leave quietly or else ...

- The reason is presented as a vague "harmful and damaging to the X community".

The winners are always bureaucrats who have to justify their existence and love power games. Probably they also have psychopathic tendencies.

[AMerePotato]

And the school's gonna eat that 20 million dollar lawsuit for it. Witch hunts on social media are one thing. Forcing students out on on a rumor of something that happened years ago is another

[aeoleonn]

At least there's a silver lining! I'd happily take expulsion for $20 mil in my (and a lawyer's) pocket!

[MeinBlutIstBlau]

It's happened with many male sexual assault cases where schools vilified men on pure accusations alone and even expelled them. Then with some of these bureaucrats realized they aren't above the law to deny someone educational rights by nothing short of hearsay, they began to realize you can't crucify someone because of it.

[tim333]

That's a bit of a different thing. There's more obviously a possible victim in that one than with some old photo being taken.