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It was probably 15 years ago that I wound up running into a young Assistant US Attorney at a social event. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

We got to talking – as I am wont to do with, well, people. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

What quickly became evident in talking with him – early 30s, graduate of an Ivy League law school after having been a legacy Ivy League undergrad – was the sheer contempt he had for the people outside the federal “criminal justice” system he met. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Example: we got to talking about gun control. He was a Hillary guy. And he went to a demo the ATF put on for federal “criminal justice” employees, where they learned some basic firearm safety, and got to test-fire some of the guns the Feds used. And with that, he did in fact consider himself to be one of the class that should <\/em>have the right to keep and bear arms (not that he would). The rest of the plebs, naturally,, should be disarmed forthwith. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Now bear in mind this AUSA wasn’t working on organized crime. Or even “crime” as most of us would understand it. His bailiwick was various abstruse import regulations. Not cocaine or fentanyl, mind you; things like wood, food and alcohol, livestock, furniture. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

So that’s right – he oozed with sneering contempt for otherwise honest people who ran afoul of abstruse import regulations<\/em>. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

And he didn’t seem to be all that unusual among federal “criminal justice” employees. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Of course, I ran head-on into the contempt another tranche of government employees – the public school system – feels for the peasantry, first-hand<\/a>, around that same time. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

My own struggles with the Saint Paul school system were at a time when the big dumb consultant idea was “zero tolerance” for even the faintest most ethereal hint of “violence”. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Dumb as that could be – and outmoded as it has apparently become, given the evaporation of safety in Saint Paul schools – it was a fart in the breeze compared to the contempt shoveled at parents since the dawn of “woke” education. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

I figured – correctly – that Saint Paul and Minneapolis would be pretty hopeless. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

But – Little Falls<\/a> (via Gary at LIberty & Proosperity Blog)<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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“My name is Cassie Fredregill, a local resident of Little Falls.\u00a0As my 10-year-old daughter came home from school one day, she told me that there was going to be a class on sexting.<\/strong>\u00a0As any concerned parent, I reached out to her teacher to confirm what my daughter told me and asked what this class was going to be about.” The thought of a 10-year-old getting taught about sexting is utterly repulsive…<\/p>\n\n\n\n

…Cassie wondered why she hadn’t received paperwork that permitted her to opt her daughter out of the class. <\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n

In response?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The school district barred her from parent teacher conferences. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

She was not happy (jump to 5:25):<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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